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Location of Jamaica. Jamaica is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea, consisting of the third-largest island of the Greater Antilles. Jamaica is a mixed economy with both state enterprises and private sector businesses. Major sectors of the Jamaican economy include agriculture, mining, manufacturing, tourism, and financial and ...
Courts is a furniture and electronics retailer, founded by William Henry Court in Canterbury, England in 1850. In 1959, Courts opened its first store in Jamaica, and subsequently grew across the Caribbean. In 2004, Courts plc went into administration in the United Kingdom.
One of the company's founders (Dr. John J. Grace) had worked for Grace Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of New York's W. R. Grace and Company.When, in 1922, W.R.Grace decided to divest the Jamaican subsidiary, Dr. Grace bought the company and, along with Fred Kennedy, a Jamaican, co-founded Grace, Kennedy and Company Limited.
His family was in the dry goods and furniture business. He moved to Kingston as a young man and joined the retail company E.A. Issa and Brothers Limited which owned jukeboxes operating in rum bars all over the island. The company was owned by the Issa family who were friends of his family, and there he learned about the music business. [4]
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In 1966, the company changed its name to Interco as the result of diversification, and once the company exited the shoe business, adopted the name Furniture Brands International. Some of the brands it owned in the furniture industry included Broyhill, Thomasville, Drexel Heritage, Henredon, Hickory Chair, Pearson, Laneventure, and Maitland-Smith.
Fantastic Holdings included the chains Fantastic Furniture, Plush, Le Cornu and Original Mattress Factory. [ 2 ] In September 2018, Steinhoff Asia Pacific rebranded as Greenlit Brands to distance itself from the controversy surrounding its parent company.
The company was founded by Jumoke Dada in 2018. [2] [3] [4]In December 2018, Taeillo ran an exhibit to showcase new designers of furniture, textile and lighting. [5]In February 2020, Taeillo set up an augmented reality exhibition at Lagos social media week.