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At the time of the purchase, Texas had more than 11,600 staff, while Homebase had c. 4,500. As part of the acquisition, 26 Texas stores closed and Sainsbury's converted the remaining stores to the Homebase brand. [4] The conversion to Homebase was completed in 1999, when the Texas Homecare brand was discontinued. [5]
Payless DIY was a chain of DIY stores in the United Kingdom during the 1980s. The defunct Payless DIY brand is owned by AHK Designs Ltd, who also own the intellectual property for Focus DIY and Do It All .
This deal eventually made Focus Group the UK's second largest home improvement retailer, behind B&Q. [7] 36 Focus stores were rebranded to Focus DIY, growing Wickes from 131 stores in October 2000 to 172 in March 2004. [8] In December 2004, Focus Group sold Wickes to Travis Perkins. [9] The sale was completed in February 2005. [10]
The Eden Shopping Centre, commonly known as Eden, is a shopping and entertainment complex in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire in the south east of England.With a floor area of 850,000 square feet (79,000 m 2), it is the 37th largest shopping centre in the United Kingdom and the largest in the surrounding area.
Family owned discount shops department store chain based in Scarborough. Stores primarily in the North of England and East Midlands. The Factory Shops c.1980s The Factory Shops Essex Ltd 5 Family run Essex-based discount shop [1] Home Bargains: 1976 TJ Morris: 539 In-Excess UK 4 Discounter based in Hampshire and Dorset: The Original Factory ...
The Great Mill stores were all externally rebranded, though some retained parts of the interior branding. [10] Great Mills had almost 100 stores in the UK at the time of the proposed sale In 2011, Focus DIY entered administration. [11] Some of the ex-Great Mills were sold off to other retailers, while others were left empty.
QD Stores Limited (trading as Quality Discounts and QD) is a British independently-owned discount retailer operating in the United Kingdom, primarily in East Anglia and the East Midlands regions. [3] Products stocked include a mixture of items for the home and garden, basic groceries and a range of clothing and footwear.
Focus DIY, Belper, Derbyshire (2005) Focus DIY, Rawtenstall, Rossendale (2012) Focus was a British do-it-yourself and home improvement retailer, founded in 1987.. The retailer grew by acquiring rival retailers such as Payless, Do It All and Great Mills; by its peak in 2002, it was the second-largest home improvement retailer in the United Kingdom with 178 stores and over 3,000 employees ...