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Apr 10, 2016 · The severing of the American connection did not check the growth of BHS. There were 27 stores by 1935, and 37 by 1936. By the mid-1930s it had become a matter of course for BHS to build its own stores, whether properties were held freehold or leasehold. Several of BHS’s London stores were leased from Second Covent Garden Property Co.
Apr 25, 2016 · Documents released last month revealed the scheme is running a £571m deficit (on the basis of what it would cost to get an insurer to buy it out).
Aug 28, 2016 · Sir Philip Green owned BHS for 15 years before selling it for a £1. Credit: PA 2005: The shop begins to lose pace against cheaper rivals such Primark.. 2013: BHS has 188 stores across the UK 2014 ...
Acquired the brand name, domain names and intellectual property of Made.com Design Ltd. NEXT partners with Tom Joule to acquire Joules, a clothing company which sells clothing and homeware products inspired by British country lifestyle. Acquired a further 26% of Reiss, taking NEXT’s shareholding in the fashion retail chain to 51%. Our history.
Apr 16, 2016 · British Home Stores Part 2: the 1940s and 1950s. Posted on April 16, 2016 by buildingourpast. At the end of 1939 British Home Stores (BHS) was operating 58 stores in England and Wales. Two stores were still under construction in the early war years and one of these – in Lewisham – was requisitioned and not released to BHS until 1950.
Feb 9, 2021 · British Home Stores (BHS) was founded in 1928 as a British department store, selling clothing, homeware and lighting products mostly for the UK retail market. BHS had very little growth following its merge with Mothercare and Habitat in 1986, which sought to diversify the brand and its products. However, in 2000, the department chain was bought ...
1970s. A decade of value at the tills and on the pumps, but also the end of an era as our founder, Jack Cohen, passes away on 24 March 1979. See more
