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  2. Bill Archer (businessman) - Wikipedia

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    By 2002 the chain had grown to over 450 stores following several buyouts including the Wickes DIY chain. Archer and his partners received over £650 million from the sale of Wickes in 2005. When his core Focus business was in financial difficulty, US private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management bought Focus for £1 in June 2007.

  3. Wickes - Wikipedia

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    Wickes Group plc trading as Wickes is a home improvement retailer and garden centre, based in the United Kingdom with more than 230 stores throughout the country. Its main business is the sale of supplies and materials, for homeowners and the building trade. [ 2 ]

  4. Hardware store - Wikipedia

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    Hardware stores (in a number of countries, "shops"), sometimes known as DIY stores, sell household hardware for home improvement including: fasteners, building materials, hand tools, power tools, keys, locks, hinges, chains, plumbing supplies, electrical supplies, cleaning products, housewares, tools, utensils, paint, and lawn and garden ...

  5. Shop-Vac - Wikipedia

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    Shop-Vac, also known as Shop-Vac Corporation, is an American wet/dry vacuum manufacturer headquartered in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. Currently, Shop-Vac is owned by Hangzhou GreatStar Industrial and shares a facility with SK Hand Tools .

  6. Central vacuum cleaner - Wikipedia

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    In the United States, the average central vacuum system has an installed cost of around $1,000. [12] [10] This initial expense must be weighed against the long-term benefits of a central vacuum, including the typical longer service life of the equipment, and negligible consumables cost if a filterless system is chosen.

  7. Payless DIY - Wikipedia

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    The jobbing builder market was lost to the new UK Wickes chain. Following poor trading, WH Smith extricated itself from the merger and then Boots sold Do It All to Focus DIY in 1998. The Focus group retained some of the Payless own-brand ranges and successfully bought up Wickes - later selling them at a substantial profit to Travis Perkins. [3]

  8. Cost basis - Wikipedia

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    Basis (or cost basis), as used in United States tax law, is the original cost of property, adjusted for factors such as depreciation. When a property is sold, the taxpayer pays/(saves) taxes on a capital gain /(loss) that equals the amount realized on the sale minus the sold property's basis.

  9. Wickes Companies - Wikipedia

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    Brothers Henry Dunn Wickes and Edward Noyes Wickes moved to Flint, Michigan, from New York in 1854, becoming involved in the area's lumber industry.The brothers, along with partner H.W. Wood, later established Genesee Iron Works, a foundry and machine shop; after buying out Wood, the business was renamed Wickes Bros. Iron Works and moved to Saginaw, Michigan, to be closer to a source of pig iron.

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