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In September 2023, it purchased the Wilko brand from administrators, maintaining its online presence, and began opening physical Wilko stores in December 2023. [3] In November 2024, it purchased the Homebase brand and up to 70 stores from administrators, with plans to rebrand the acquired stores and maintain Homebase as an online-only retailer.
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 .
British household goods discount retailer Wilko said it had fallen into administration on Thursday, putting its 400 stores and 12,500 jobs in danger if a buyer can’t be found.
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]
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