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1 day ago · GUS plc was a FTSE 100 retailing, manufacturing and financial conglomerate based in the United Kingdom. GUS was an abbreviation of Great Universal Stores, the company's name before 2001, while it was also known as the Glorious Gussies amongst stockbrokers. [2] .
Apr 12, 2024 · 12th April 2024. Some 16 years after Philip Green took over British Home Stores for £200 million, a seminal part of the British high street has gone into liquidation. Since 2012 its fortunes declined steadily, with almost 500,000 customers deserting the brand.
2 days ago · Marks and Spencer plc (commonly abbreviated to M&S and colloquially known as Marks or Marks & Sparks) is a major British multinational retailer based in London, England, that specialises in selling clothing, beauty products, home products and food products
May 2, 2024 · House of Fraser and Frasers are a British department store chain with 29 locations across the United Kingdom, part of Frasers Group. It was established in Glasgow, Scotland in 1849 as Arthur and Fraser. By 1891, it was known as Fraser & Sons.
5 days ago · J Sainsbury plc is one of the British leaders of food distribution. Net sales break down by activity as follows: - food distribution (98.3%): as of 04/03/2023, owned 814 convenience stores and 595 supermarkets (Sainsbury's brand) located in the United Kingdom.
5 days ago · Tom Morris founded TJ Morris, which owns discount retailer Home Bargains, in 1976. One of seven children of a Liverpool shopkeeper, he is the third generation of his family to run a retailer.
Apr 20, 2024 · Netto. Initially a Danish brand of cut-price supermarket products, Netto hit the UK in the very early 1990s bringing international food and bargain-basement food and products to the home. Owned by the Salling Group, Netto had accumulated nearly 200 stores by May 2010 but was sold to Asda at this point.
