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Debenhams agreed to become the anchor store at the Riverside shopping centre in Shrewsbury. [61] By September 2012, the company announced that like-for-like sales had risen by 3.3% in the six months up to that date. [62] Debenhams, Bradford. Debenhams moved to a new headquarters in 2013, in Brock Street, London built by British Land.
Debenhams (formerly Debenhams.com), a trading name of Debenhams Brands Ltd, is an online retailer owned by Boohoo.com. The company was formed in 2021 after Boohoo purchased the website operations and rights to the name of the department store group Debenhams , which had entered liquidation .
Born in 1794 in Alpheton in Suffolk, [1] William Debenham joined Thomas Clark in a partnership to manage a draper's store at 44 Wigmore Street in London. [2]The partners later expanded the business such that it had stores on both sides of Wigmore Street, one known as Debenham & Clark and the other known as Clark & Debenham. [2]
The oldest department store chain may be Debenhams, which was established in 1778 and closed in 2021. It is the longest trading defunct British retailer.
The store continued to operate under the Edwin Jones name until 1973 when Debenhams renamed the store in their name as part of their rationalization program. [9] In 2020, all Debenhams stores were closed during the COVID-19 pandemic and the chain went into administration, although continued to trade online. During this period it was announced ...
Bought by Debenhams and incorporated into the Plummer Roddis group; renamed Debenhams in 1973. 1973 [207] [208] Isaac Benzie: Aberdeen: Bought by House of Fraser; renamed Arnotts: 1894 1972 [209] Benzie & Miller: Fraserburgh: Opened in 1920 as an amalgamation of separate businesses. Purchased by House of Fraser in 1958. Other locations
Debenhams Ireland was a national chain of department stores in Ireland, that was owned ultimately by Debenhams plc. It was largely based on the former Roches Store chain, though after that business divested its grocery units.
The Arcadia Group has its origins in the firm founded by 18-year-old Lithuanian immigrant Montague Burton in Chesterfield in 1903 as The Cross-Tailoring Company. [6] Burton's initial operation, a men's clothing manufacture, tailoring and retailing operation, became the genesis for the current Burton Menswear chain, which remains part of the company, albeit having moved away from traditional ...