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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 .
James Kemsey "JK" Wilkinson (6 December 1906 – 18 December 1997) was an English businessman, the founder of the high street chain Wilko. In 2014, it was reported that Wilko had 372 stores, 23,000 employees and annual revenues of £1.5 billion. [2] Wilko collapsed into administration, on 10 August 2023. [3]
A B&M store in Wood Green shopping centre which replaced a Wilko store. During July 2017, the company completed the acquisition of the smaller frozen food store chain Heron Foods for £152 million. [23] [24] In 2018 the company started a trial of converting Heron Food branches to B&M Express. [25]
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When Tony Wilkinson retired as chairman of Wilko after 45 years in June 2005, he was replaced by his niece, Karin Swann, and his daughter, Lisa Wilkinson. [3] In 2014, Karin Swann sold her family's 50% holding in the business to Lisa Wilkinson. [4] In May 2019, the Sunday Times Rich List estimated his net worth at £252 million. [5]
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