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Groupe Habitat is an international chain of stores of British origin created by Sir Terence Conran in 1973, which specialises in the sale of furniture and contemporary decorative accessories. In September 2011 it was purchased by the French group Cafom SA distribution, [ 1 ] who sold it to the industrialist Thierry Le Guénic in October 2020.
In 2009, he licensed the Conran Shop to a partner in Japan. In September 2014, Cassina IXC Ltd acquired the entire business of The Conran Shop in Japan [15] where it still thrives with four stores. [16] In 2019, the Conran Shop opened in Seoul, South Korea. [17] [18] In 1997 he appeared as himself in “In the Smoke”, S5:E7 of Pie in the Sky.
Habitat (a trading name of Argos Limited) is a brand of household furnishings in the United Kingdom and the main homewares brand within the Sainsbury's group.. Founded in 1964 by Sir Terence Conran, it merged with a number of other retailers in the 1980s to create Storehouse plc, before the latter sold Habitat to the Ikano Group, owned by the Kamprad family, in 1992.
Pine no more! Terrance Conran, the Brit designer/owner of The Conran Shop has launched an affordable line called "Well Considered." The web store (and stateside shop in New York), which feature ...
D&D London is a restaurant group based in London with properties in London, Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds, Paris and New York. [1] It was founded by Terence Conran as Conran Restaurants until 2007, when Conran sold 49% of the business to Des Gunewardena and David Loewi, formerly managers in the group, who rebranded it D&D. [2] [3]
The Michelin company's close association with road maps and tourism is represented by a number of etchings of the streets of Paris on some of the first-floor windows. Michelin moved out of the building in 1985, when it was purchased by publisher Paul Hamlyn and the restaurateur/retailer Sir Terence Conran, who shared a love for the building ...
In 2021, The Marandi Foundation partnered with the Conran Shop on the New Designer of the Future Award, which supports creative talent denoting an accolade and a £40,000 in investment money to further develop the winner's ideas. [21] [22]
[citation needed] But she was mainly based in London, [2] where she designed soft furnishings for brands including The Conran Shop and Ralph Lauren, as well as publishing a book on the history of Oriental costumes. In later life, Ayer continued to draw and paint, and many of her final works were large-scale watercolours featuring flowers and ...