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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 · Here is a timeline of key moments charting the rise and fall of the very British department store. Live updates and reaction 1928: British Home Stores is set up in a store in Brixton, south...
British Home Stores, commonly abbreviated to BHS and latterly legally styled BHS Ltd, was a British department store chain, primarily selling clothing and household items. In its later years, the company began to expand into furniture, electronics, entertainment, convenience groceries and fragrance and beauty products.
Jun 2, 2016 · 1986: The store merges with designer Sir Terence Conran's Habitat and Mothercare to form Storehouse Plc, and the "British Home Stores" name is replaced with "BhS", then "Bhs" and eventually "BHS"
Apr 26, 2016 · The demise of BHS — a one-time high street favourite that opened its doors in south-west London. 1928 Group of US entrepreneurs opens a store in Brixton with the aim of emulating the success of...
Apr 21, 2016 · The last of BHS’s war-damaged stores to be rebuilt was Bristol, where a ‘temporary’ store had traded for many years. The new building opened in 1960 on a corner site and had an attractive concave frontage with a sweeping canopy to shelter window shoppers.
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.
