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A B&Q store in Grimsby, England. By 2000, B&Q had 51 large warehouse shops; this had doubled by 2003. By May 2014, B&Q in the United Kingdom had 359 shops, and 20,887 employees; [35] and eight shops in Ireland. [36]
screwfix .com. Screwfix Direct Limited, trading as Screwfix, is a retailer of trade tools, accessories and hardware products based in the United Kingdom. [ 6] Founded in 1979 as the Woodscrew Supply Company, the company was acquired in July 1999 by Kingfisher plc, which also owns B&Q, and is listed on the London Stock Exchange .
At present, the development comprises an eleven-unit, 13,940 m 2 (150,000 ft 2) retail warehouse centre with (as of May 2024); Harvey Norman, Lidl, Next Home, EZ Living Interiors, Home Bargains and Decathlon. Located beside the retail warehouse is a Sainsbury's superstore and service station, a B&Q Warehouse, and an IKEA store.
Wickes Group plc. 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] It is listed on the London Stock Exchange .
Kingfisher plc. Kingfisher plc is a British multinational retailing company headquartered in London, England. [ 6] It has over 1,300 stores in nine countries, and its brands include B&Q, Castorama, Brico Dépôt and Screwfix. [ 7] Kingfisher is listed on the London Stock Exchange, and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.
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. Tesco is the largest retailer in Great Britain, with a market share of 27.5% at the end of 2022. [ a][ 1] However, discounters Lidl and Aldi have grown rapidly. [ 1]
Forestside Shopping Centre. / 54.56361°N 5.90917°W / 54.56361; -5.90917. Lesley Forestside (better known as Forestside) is a shopping centre located in Newtownbreda in the south Belfast, Northern Ireland. The first phase of the centre, the 39,000 square feet (3,600 m 2) Sainsbury's store, opened in March 1997 followed by the remainder ...
In the Republic of 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.