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- England's fourth largest department store group, Allders plc, operates 40 department stores under the Allders Department Store and Allders-At-Home names, with nearly three million square feet of retail floor space.
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United Drapery Stores (1958-1983) 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.
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 ...
Jul 7, 2022 · 100 Years of High Street Shopping from 1880 to 1980. by Gary Winter. 7 July 2022. Comments 2. This selection of photographs from the Historic England Archive shows shops, shopkeepers and shoppers in each decade from the 1880s to the 1980s. They illustrate a century of changing shopping habits and shop architecture.
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.
Feb 17, 2023 · The empty inside of the old Croydon Village Outlet in the former Allders building (Image: Tara O'Connor). Mr Perry said: “The Croydon Partnership are now reactivating the ground floor, they are in the process of working through that.
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 ...
Rebuilding works continued into Dingwall Avenue and by 1976 Allders had 1,700 staff and 500,000 square feet (46,000 m 2) of floor space. It was a Croydon landmark and became the third-largest department store in the UK, after Harrods and Selfridges. It had the largest carpet department in Europe, amongst other claims.
