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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 · BHS opens a branch in Moscow, putting it in the first wave of British retailers selling in the former Soviet Union. BHS’s offering of comfy cardigans and slippers later goes to central Asia, the...
Jun 2, 2016 · 1928: British Home Stores is set up in a store in Brixton, south London. None of the goods for sale cost more than a shilling. 1929: Prices rise to a five shilling maximum as home furnishings are...
Apr 26, 2016 · 2000 Sir Philip Green buys British Home Stores for £200m from the Storehouse Group and rebrands it as BHS. 2004 Sir Philip awards himself a £40m final dividend from BHS.
Apr 10, 2016 · The ethos of the day was to ‘buy British’, and the very name ‘British Home Stores’ appealed strongly to consumers’ patriotism. Within a few years the company was claiming that 96% of its goods was manufactured (or otherwise produced) in Britain.
Jun 2, 2016 · 1928: A group of American entrepreneurs set up British Home Stores. The first store is in Brixton and nothing in the store costs more than a shilling (5p) - double that of rival Woolworths ...
Apr 25, 2016 · Shortly after Sir Philip Green sold BHS for £1 in March 2015 the retail magnate was at pains to stress he was no longer responsible for what happened to the venerable department store.
