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- The company's 20 Allders Department Stores--located chiefly in England's High Streets and shopping malls--feature the full complement of typical department store items, with an emphasis on furniture and home furnishings.
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Allders was an independent department store operating in the United Kingdom. The original store was established in 1862 in Croydon by Joshua Allder. In the second half of the 20th century, this parent store was developed into a chain of department stores across England and Wales. By the turn of the millennium, the flagship store in Croydon was ...
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England's fourth largest department store group, Allders plc, operates 40 department stores under the Allders Department Store and Allders-At-Home names, with nearly three million square feet of retail floor space.
Jun 20, 2012 · The sale netted Allders some £50 million, a portion of which the company spent, buying up four department stores from the C & A store chain and at its height operated 45 department stores and ...
Rebuilding works continued into Dingwall Avenue and by 1976 Allders had 1,700 staff and 500,000 square feet (46,000 m 2) of floor space. It was a Croydon landmark and became the third-largest department store in the UK, after Harrods and Selfridges. It had the largest carpet department in Europe, amongst other claims.
Jun 15, 2012 · Allders timeline: Charting the company's history By Rebecca Thomson 2012-06-15T13:57:00 A look at the history of British department store Allders which has today collapsed into administration.
Sep 14, 2012 · The end of Allders: a timeline to oblivion. CROYDON COMMENTARY: The decline of Allders is partly a story of Croydon itself. ANDREW PELLING looks at the council’s role in the final days and asks if more could have been done by the Town Hall to save the near-1,000 jobs at the department store. Major public policy errors, a breakdown in ...
Jul 20, 2011 · In 2005, after being placed into administration, all but one of the company’s 45 stores – the original Allders in Croydon – closed, and the name seemed destined to become a footnote in ...
