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Cargo was a British homewares retail chain, with 43 stores mostly situated in London and south-east England. [1]The company was established in London in 1876, by 20-year-old James Waller Carpenter, under the trading name of JW Carpenter Ltd.
On 30 June 2020, Bensons for Beds went into administration, but Alteri immediately bought it back, aiming to save between 150 and 175 of the chain's 242 stores, its Huntingdon manufacturing operation, and nearly 1,900 jobs. [4]
The bed specialist also said it hopes to create job opportunities for former Carpetright staff when it reopens the stores under its brand.
In 1909 Bensons moved to Kingsway Hall, the first office building in the newly built Kingsway. 1914 onwards In 1914 the company was taken over by the founder's son, Philip who had visited America to study new methods of psychological marketing and scientific advertising. However, Philip did not take to the scientific approach and he maintained ...
In November 2019, Harveys and Bensons for Beds were acquired by private equity owner, Alteri Investors. [6] On 30 June 2020 Harveys announced the company had officially gone into administration , with the immediate loss of 240 jobs.
Breezin' marked the beginning of Benson's most successful period commercially, topping the Billboard Pop, Jazz and R&B album charts. [2] It spun off two hit singles, the title song (which has become a fusion jazz standard) and "This Masquerade", which was a top ten pop and R&B hit. [3] The album has since been certified as 3× Multi-Platinum by ...
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^c Reissued as In Concert – Summertime in 1982. ^d Jazz on a Sunday Afternoon (Vol. I, Vol. II, Vol. III) was reissued many times with such titles as: Lil Darlin' , Masquerade, The Masquerade Is Over, Live at Casa Caribe, All Blues, Blue Bossa, After Hours, Golden Legends Live, Jazz After Hours with George Benson, and others.