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Founded as a specialist sock retailer by Sophie Mirman and Richard P. Ross. The business expanded to shops across the UK, US and Europe. However the business entered administration in 1990, and although was purchased by a consortium it struggled and after another period of administration it became part of the Facia group.
Tesco is the largest supermarket chain in the United Kingdom.. As of November 2024, there are 17 supermarket chains currently operating in the United Kingdom. The food retail market has been dominated by the 'big four' supermarkets – Tesco, Sainsbury's, Asda and Morrisons – who made up over three quarters of sector market share in 2010.
This is a list of department stores of the United Kingdom. In the case of department store groups, the location of the flagship store is given. This list does not include large specialist stores, which sometimes resemble department stores. The list is broken into "currently trading" (A–Z); "defunct groups" and "defunct" (A–Z).
1.2 East of England. 1.3 East Midlands. 1.4 North East. 1.5 North West. 1.6 South East. ... Gateshead (largest shopping mall in Europe) Middleton Grange Shopping ...
As of 2023, this is a list of supermarket chains, past and present, which operate or have branches in more than one country, whether under the parent corporation's name or another name. For supermarkets that are only in one country, see the breakdown by continent at the bottom of this page.
Retail companies of England (4 C, 35 P) Retail companies of Northern Ireland (1 C, 2 P) ... List of discount shops in the United Kingdom; A. A. F. Blakemore;
to UK Owner # of shops Notes B&M: 1978 B&M European Value Retail S.A. 800+ The business was founded by Malcolm Billington as Billington & Mayman and the first store opened in Cleveleys, England, in 1978 and was acquired by Simon and Bobby Arora from Phildrew Investments in December 2004 Bargain Buys: 2013 Fortress Investment Group: 75
Local Plus – based in the UK, bought by the Co-operative Group in 2004; M Local – former UK convenience shop format for Morrisons Supermarkets; Mac's – based in Canada, rebranded as Circle K in 2017; McColl's – former UK chain, traded under as Martin, McColls and RS McColl; Mills – based in the UK, sold to Tesco in 2010