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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]
Before its collapse, the company was the UK's second biggest electrical retailer, with 6,000 staff and over 200 stores. [ citation needed ] In 2019, Misco Technologies Limited announced the acquisition of the Comet brand from administrators Deloitte , and has relaunched Comet as an online retailer of electrical goods.
Great Mills was a large DIY chain, consisting of around 98 stores across the United Kingdom.The business was bought by Focus DIY in December 2000 for £285m, which in turn entered administration in May 2011, with all stores closing by the end of July 2011.
In 1980, The F.W. Woolworth Company purchased the Southampton-based DIY chain B&Q, which at its peak had 26 stores.In 1982, Woolworth's operations in the United Kingdom underwent a management buyout from their former parent company, initially as Paternoster Stores, before becoming Woolworth Holdings PLC.
B&Q - DIY home improvement; United Kingdom Babies "R" Us - baby clothes, care products, furniture, toys (Defunct) Barnes & Noble - books, music, videos, magazines
Castlepoint is a shopping centre in Strouden Park, Bournemouth, Dorset, in the United Kingdom, occupying a 41-acre (17 ha) site containing around 40 shops, including major retailers such as Marks & Spencer, New Look, H&M, Asda, Sainsbury's, and B&Q.
Hornbach activities A Hornbach store. Hornbach Baumarkt AG is a German DIY-store chain offering home improvement and do-it-yourself goods. Hornbach is one of the leading DIY-store chains in Germany. In the 2020/2021 financial year (March 1, 2020 to February 28, 2021), the Hornbach Baumarkt Group generated sales of Euro 5.1 billion. [1]
The Woolworths store chain was originally a division of the American F. W. Woolworth Company until its sale in the early 1980s, [2] [3] it had more than 800 stores in the UK prior to closure. Woolworths sold many goods and had its own Ladybird children's clothing range, [ 4 ] WorthIt! value range and Chad Valley toys. [ 5 ]