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Allders was an independent department store operating in the United Kingdom. The original store was established in 1862 in Croydon by Joshua Allder. In the second half of the 20th century, this parent store was developed into a chain of department stores across England and Wales. By the turn of the millennium, the flagship store in Croydon was ...
Sep 24, 2012 · Croydon. Allders is closed. The historic Allders department store closed its doors for the last time on Sunday, ending a 150-year period trading in the town. About 800 people have either lost ...
1992: Allders-At-Home stores debut. 1993: Allders goes public on London Stock Exchange. 1996: Company sells off Allders International, and buys eight Owen Owen stores. 1997: The A3 private label is launched. 1998: Company acquires 11 new stores; launches A-Grade and other private labels.
Jun 20, 2012 · The sale netted Allders some £50 million, a portion of which the company spent, buying up four department stores from the C & A store chain and at its height operated 45 department stores and ...
Sep 14, 2012 · The end of Allders: a timeline to oblivion. CROYDON COMMENTARY: The decline of Allders is partly a story of Croydon itself. ANDREW PELLING looks at the council’s role in the final days and asks if more could have been done by the Town Hall to save the near-1,000 jobs at the department store. Major public policy errors, a breakdown in ...
Sep 17, 2012 · News, views and analysis about the people of Croydon, their lives and political times in the diverse and most-populated borough in London. Based in Croydon and edited by Steven Downes. To contact us, please email inside.croydon@btinternet.com. Here's some pictures taken in the third-largest department store in Britain over the weekend.
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Sep 26, 2012 · Further expansion followed the war, including into the premises of the Scala cinema (opened 1914) which closed suddenly in 1952. By the 1970s Allders was the third largest department store in the UK after Harrods and Selfridges. Following some years of difficult trading, Allders went into administration in June this year.
