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Wilko.com Limited (trading as Wilko) is a British home improvement and homeware retailer. It was founded as Wilkinson's by James Kemsey Wilkinson and Mary Cooper in 1930, opening its first store as a hardware retailer in Leicester .
In September 2023, it purchased the Wilko brand from administrators for £5 million, no stores were rescued. [25] On October 12, 2023, it relaunched Wilko.com. [ 26 ] On December 1, 2023, it returned Wilko to the high-street, opening the first two locations in Plymouth and Exeter, and then proceeded to open four more locations. [ 27 ]
Over the following 12 months, the number of Alworths stores increased to 18. Though the company has its head office based in the Surrey town of Redhill it did not open a branch there, with the former Woolworth's store in that town, situated adjacent to the belfry shopping centre, becoming a Wilkinsons instead (now Wilko).
The Range was featured in The Sunday Times Top Track 250 companies from 2003 to 2012, once ranking at number 48. [9] In 2015 the retail chain has about 100 stores, all of which are owned directly by Dawson. [4] In April 2019, Dawson handed all his shares to his wife Sarah Dawson, who resides in Jersey for tax purposes. [3] [10]
The retailer was founded by owner Tom Morris in 1976 as a single store called Home and Bargain [2] in Old Swan, Liverpool when he was aged 21. The name was changed to Home Bargains in 1995, but is still colloquially referred to by its original name in the Merseyside area.
The Gloucester store originally had 140 employees when it opened in 1997 but that number dwindled to fewer than 30 in the years leading up to the closure. ... All Wilko shops to shut with 12,500 ...
The expansion of Dunelm continued with a new head office and warehouse being established in 1999 in Syston, Leicestershire. [ 4 ] In 2001, the company ventured into manufacturing, acquiring Bellbird producing custom-made curtains , blinds, and accessories, with the facility now being known as Dunelm's Manufacturing Centre.
In September 2023, the retailer began looking at acquiring Wilko locations, following the chain's administration. [23] In December, Tristan Phillips, the former head of finance at Marks & Spencer, was promoted to be the retailer's chief executive. [24] in April 2024, Aziz Tayub sold Poundstretcher to Fortress Investment Group. [25]