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Matalan Retail Ltd is a British clothing, homeware and toy retailer based in Knowsley, Merseyside, founded by John Hargreaves in 1985. In August 1988, its operations director at the time, Duncan Sullivan, transformed Matalan into an out-of-town warehouse-style, membership-only cash-and-carry business, inspired by Sam's Club in the United States.
Opened in 1976, the centre is the one of the oldest and the third largest shopping centre in Northern Ireland, behind Belfast's Victoria Square and Derry's Foyleside, at over 350,000 sq ft, although combined with the retail park makes it over 480,000 sq ft. [1] The anchor tenant of the centre is Primark, while the retail park's anchors are ...
Matalan has over 200 stores in the UK, and employs over 16,000 people. He resigned as chairman of Matalan in November 2007, less than a year after taking the company private. [ 3 ] His daughter Maxine purchased British womenswear retailer Fenn Wright Manson for an undisclosed sum on 28 March 2012.
Joanne Louise Whitfield CBE (born 21 December 1968 [1]) was the Chief Executive of Matalan from 2023 to 2024. Early life. She was born in St Helens, ...
SandpiperCI is a retail and food and beverage operator based in the Channel Islands.It mostly operates franchises of British chain stores, such as Marks & Spencer, Costa Coffee, Burger King and Matalan [a], in British Crown Dependencies and Overseas Territories.
Green opened the first Brand Centre in Enfield, North London, now Matalan. The departmental store offered designer clothing for men, women and children sold at a discount. The Enfield store was the first in Britain to have a "Men's Creche" [3] where men could sit, read magazines and watch football. Further stores were opened in Uxbridge and ...
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About 1992, he took over Asda's flagship supermarket in Edinburgh and had increasing responsibility from there. In 2000, he joined discount clothing chain Matalan as chief operating officer, and then worked at McKinsey & Company and Iceland supermarket. He rejoined Asda in 2005 and became the chief operating officer. [5] [6]