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A Halfords in Kirkstall, Leeds (2006). Halfords was founded by Frederick Rushbrooke, in Birmingham in 1892, as a wholesale ironmongery. [3] The company takes its name from Halford Street, named after the physician, Henry Halford, in Leicester, where Rushbrooke opened a store in 1902 and started selling cycling goods.
Retail companies of Northern Ireland (1 C, 2 P) ... Department stores of the United Kingdom (8 C, ... Halfords; Hamleys;
Naas (/ n eɪ s / NAYSS; Irish: Nás na Ríogh or an Nás [ən̪ˠ ˈn̪ˠaːsˠ]) is the county town of County Kildare in Ireland. In 2022, it had a population of 26,180, making it the largest town in County Kildare (ahead of Newbridge) and the fourteenth-largest urban centre in Ireland. [2]
B&Q Ireland had been making a loss since two years before, although the shops in the United Kingdom continued to stay in profit. [45] The chain exited examinership a few months later in May 2013, following High Court approval for investment totalling €2.4 million to allow eight of their nine shops to continue operating.
Scottish McColl's stores, bought by Morrisons in 2022 and converted by September 2024. 7-Eleven: Taken over by Budgens [47] Convenience shop chain [48] Sperrings 1985 [49] Became Alldays: A chain of convenience stores founded by Bob Sperring [50] Swift Iceland Foods Chain of convenience shops. Stores closed in 2023. [51] Ugo: 2011 Owned by ...
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In Ireland, the retail sector provides one of the largest sources of employment in the economy, representing over 12% of the workforce. [1] As of 2017, approximately 40,000 wholesale and retail businesses employed almost 280,000 people in Ireland, [2] [1] with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment reporting that 90% of these businesses were Irish-owned.