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Decathlon's former logo. Founded by Michel Leclercq in 1976, Decathlon started with a store in Lille, France. [9] Its holding company was formerly known as Oxylane. [10]The company expanded abroad to Germany in 1986, [11] Spain in 1992, [11] [12] Italy in 1993, [11] Belgium in 1997, [13] Portugal, the United Kingdom in 1999, Brazil in 2001, mainland China in 2003, India and Romania in 2009 ...
Founded as Popular Merchandise, Inc, during the 1980s the business expanded into the catalogue market with Popular Club Plan. In 1989 the business became J. Crew and opened its first retail shop. Its first UK shop opened in Regents Street in 2011. Jacamo
Family owned discount shops department store chain based in Scarborough. Stores primarily in the North of England and East Midlands. The Factory Shops c.1980s The Factory Shops Essex Ltd 5 Family run Essex-based discount shop [1] Home Bargains: 1976 TJ Morris: 539 In-Excess UK 4 Discounter based in Hampshire and Dorset: The Original Factory ...
Mervyn's - department store (defunct) Michaels - arts and crafts supplies; Modell's - sporting goods (defunct) Ocean State Job Lot - discount store; Office Depot / OfficeMax - office supplies, furniture; Old Navy - clothing; Old Time Pottery - home décor; Ollie's Bargain Outlet - discount store, groceries, clothing, remaindered books, general ...
Decathlon, the world's largest sporting good retail chain, [2] [3] opened its first store in Lille, France, in 1976. [4] It now has about 1700 stores in 60 countries and territories. [5] The sector contracted globally in 2007 and 2008, due to the loss of disposable income during the Global Financial Crisis. [6]
The store was sold to Busbys of Bradford in 1953 who rebranded the store under the Busbys name. Busbys was itself purchased by Debenhams in 1958. The store was renamed Debenhams in 1973 and continued to trade from the same site until Debenhams' closure in 2021. 1953 [190] [271] A H Bull Reading: Bought by Selfridge Provincial Stores.
The company was established by John Wardle and David Makin (hence the name JD), trading from a single shop in Bury, Greater Manchester, in 1981. [5] The company opened a store in the Arndale Centre in Manchester in 1983. [6] Pentland Group bought Wardle's and Makin's shares for £44.6M in May 2005, [7] so acquiring 45% of the business. [8]
CBE ribbon. Francis Morgan Ayodélé Thompson, CBE (born 30 July 1958 [2]), better known as Daley Thompson, is an English former decathlete.He won the decathlon gold medal at the Olympic Games in 1980 and 1984, and broke the world record for the event four times.