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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.
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.
The group primarily comprised two retailers: Argos and Homebase, as well as in-house brands such as Chad Valley and Habitat. In April 2007, the group bought a stake in the Irish 'Home Store + More' chain and established its UK business, closing this in 2012 and selling their stake in 2013. [1] In February 2016.
Fellow UDS bedfellow John Collier was purchased in a management buyout, but Richard Shops' management were unable to raise the capital and it was bought by the newly formed retail group Habitat/Mothercare plc, and became part of Storehouse plc after the merger of Habitat/Mothercare with British Home Stores in 1986. [7]
The company reported that UK store sales had fallen by 23.2%, while online sales in the UK were down by 12.1%. The company recorded a worldwide sales drop of 9.4%. [10] In November 2019, the company put Mothercare UK (and Mothercare Business Services) into administration; [11] all the UK shops and the UK website closed soon after. [12]
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After his apprenticeship, Brymer Jones started out hand-making ceramics for retailers including Conran Group, Habitat, Barneys New York, Monsoon, Laura Ashley and Heal's. He began to develop the Word Range for the first time; [4] he was originally attracted to words because of their shapes, as he is dyslexic. Brymer Jones describes working with ...