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GUS plc was a FTSE 100 retailing, manufacturing and financial conglomerate based in the United Kingdom. GUS was an abbreviation of Great Universal Stores, the company's name before 2001, while it was also known as the Glorious Gussies amongst stockbrokers. [2] .
Sep 2, 2018 · Address: Universal House. Devonshire Street. Manchester M60 1XA. United Kingdom. Telephone: (0161) 273-8282. Fax: (0161) 277-4056. http://www.gusplc.com. Statistics: Public Company. Incorporated: 1917 as Universal Stores (Manchester) Limited. Employees: 69,708. Sales: £6.04 billion ($8.56 billion) (2001) Stock Exchanges: London. Ticker Symbol: GUS.
GUS plc was a FTSE 100 retailing, manufacturing and financial conglomerate based in the United Kingdom. GUS was an abbreviation of Great Universal Stores, the company's name before 2001, while it was also known as the Glorious Gussies amongst stockbrokers.
The Great Universal Stores plc (GUS) is the leading mail-order company in the United Kingdom with the mail-order brand Kays and a 40 percent share of the market. It is one of the two largest operators in this field outside the United States, the other being Otto Versand of Germany.
Oct 6, 2006 · GUS will be replaced by shares in Home Retail Group - made up of Argos and Homebase - and credit checking service Experian on Wednesday when the demerger is officially completed.
The roots of GUS were first laid down in 1900 when Manchester merchant Abraham Rose founded a mail order business under the name The Universal Stores, selling a wide variety of general goods. The business was incorporated in 1917, and was renamed Great Universal Stores in 1930, a year before it floated on the London Stock Exchange.
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GUS (retailer) GUS plc was an FTSE 100 retailing, manufacturing and financial conglomerate based in the United Kingdom. GUS was an abbreviation of Great Universal Stores, the company's name before 2001, while it was also known as the Glorious Gussies amongst stockbrokers.
