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The company was founded in 1928 by a group of U.S. entrepreneurs, [1] and had a total of 163 stores mainly located in high streets or shopping centres by the time of its closure in 2016, [2] as well as 74 international stores across 18 separate territories.
Apr 10, 2016 · BHS had seven branches by 1929, all overseen from the head office at Ivy House, 30 Newgate Street, London. One of the first to open outside London was at 38-40 Palmerston Road, Southsea; others followed in Portsmouth and Sheffield.
Jun 2, 2016 · Live updates and reaction. 1928: British Home Stores is set up in a store in Brixton, south London. None of the goods for sale cost more than a shilling. 1929: Prices rise to a five...
Apr 16, 2016 · 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.
Apr 26, 2016 · 1931 Lists on the London Stock Exchange. 1985 Starts to franchise the brand overseas. 1986 Merges with Habitat and Mothercare to form Storehouse plc. 2000 Sir Philip Green buys British Home...
Apr 21, 2016 · BHS largely abandoned its earlier emphasis on British goods and started to source merchandise from abroad. In 1960 a Times columnist maintained that: ‘British Home Stores . . . has done more for the garment trade in Hongkong than any other single buyer’.
Jun 2, 2016 · Getty Images. British Homes Stores first opened for business in Brixton, south London in 1928. Department store BHS is to be wound down, meaning the end of the road for the 88-year-old...
