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- British Homes Stores first opened for business in Brixton, south London in 1928
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Jun 2, 2016 · 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 retailer. All of...
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.
British Home Stores was founded in 1928 by a group of U.S. entrepreneurs who wanted to follow the successful model set by Woolworths. They did not want go into direct competition with Woolworths, so set their highest price at a shilling.
Apr 16, 2016 · Amongst the new stores built in the late 1950s were York (1957), Blackpool (1957), Middlesbrough (1958; particularly large at the time, with 29,000 sq ft) and Crewe (1959, built by Cubitts). The most important stores in this period, however, were erected in Birmingham and Liverpool.
Apr 21, 2016 · Posted onApril 21, 2016by buildingourpast. Bristol in 1999. 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.
Aug 28, 2016 · 1929: Prices rise to a five shilling maximum as home furnishings are introduced. 1969: The brand has 94 UK stores and around 12,000 workers after constant expansion since WW2.
Apr 26, 2016 · 1985 Starts to franchise the brand overseas. 1986 Merges with Habitat and Mothercare to form Storehouse plc. 2000 Sir Philip Green buys British Home Stores for £200m from the Storehouse Group and ...
