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A grocery store , grocery shop or simply grocery [1] is a foodservice retail store that primarily retails a general range of food products, [2] which may be fresh or packaged. In everyday U.S. usage, however, "grocery store" is a synonym for supermarket , [ 3 ] and is not used to refer to other types of stores that sell groceries .
Action store in a former church in Hoorn, Netherlands Action store in Overmere, Belgium Action in department store in Tomaszów Mazowiecki, Poland. Action is a Dutch international discount store chain with a majority ownership held by British private equity firm 3i, with more than 80% of the shares. [3]
The flagship store on Oxford Street began as a drapery shop, opened by John Lewis in 1864. In 1905 Lewis acquired a second store, Peter Jones in Sloane Square, London.His eldest son, John Spedan Lewis, began the John Lewis Partnership in 1920 after thinking up the idea during his days in charge of Peter Jones.
Wallis is an online British women's clothing brand. Previously a retailer, Wallis operated from 134 stores and 126 concessions across the UK and Republic of Ireland. Wallis was a subsidiary of the Arcadia Group before its collapse in late 2020.
Borders (UK) Ltd., also known as Borders & Books etc., was established as a Borders Group subsidiary in 1998, and in 2007 became independent of the US parent company. At its peak after separation from the US parent, it traded from its 41 Borders and 28 BOOKS etc. shops with over one million square feet of retail space, taking around 8% of the retail bookselling market.
Index was a catalogue retailer in the United Kingdom, that was owned by Littlewoods from 1985 until 2005. Many Index stores were attached to Littlewoods stores. It was a well known retailer in the 1980s and the 1990s, but sales declined in the noughties and it lost many customers to its main rival, Argos.
Very (also known as Very.co.uk) is a British online retailer with headquarters in Speke, Liverpool. The brand was launched in the UK in July 2009 as part of the Shop Direct Group (now The Very Group). Very had formerly been known as Littlewoods Direct, and formerly Woolworths.co.uk.
"As a 200 store chain, we didn't look very good. As a 100 store chain, we looked very good indeed." [43] In addition to dozens of store closures, warehouse operations were consolidated and new distribution centres built. In 1973, Galen Weston brought in Toronto designer Don Watt. Known for his innovative product packaging and use of photography ...