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Apr 10, 2016 · The severing of the American connection did not check the growth of BHS. There were 27 stores by 1935, and 37 by 1936. By the mid-1930s it had become a matter of course for BHS to build its own stores, whether properties were held freehold or leasehold. Several of BHS’s London stores were leased from Second Covent Garden Property Co.
British Home Stores. 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.
Dec 7, 2021 · Start date Dec 7, 2021; Vivienne14 Kentish Brummie Moderator. Staff member. Dec 7, 2021 ... British Home Stores cafeteria, New Street, Birmingham. 1st May 1958. ...
Jun 2, 2016 · Here is a timeline of key moments charting the rise and fall of the very British department store. 1928: British Home Stores is set up in a store in Brixton, south London. None of the goods for ...
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 ...
Apr 16, 2016 · British Home Stores Part 2: the 1940s and 1950s. Posted on April 16, 2016 by buildingourpast. 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.
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Jun 2, 2016 · 2 June 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 ...
