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manufacturing businesses Workwear, Sweet-our, Lydbrook and Durban Bag Company. By 1956, Lewis Stores had grown to a 45 store chain including the brands Lewis Stores, Baron Furnishings, Excelsior Meubels and a credit clothing store called Universal Stores. By 1964 the retail business had grown to 120 stores. In 1972, Universal Stores were sold to South African rival Edgars, while 50 furniture stores were purchased from Edgar's and renamed Dan Hands, and the business opened stores in Botswana, Namibia and Swaziland. During the 1990s the furniture stores were rebranded under the Lewis brand, and the electrical retailer Best Electricals was started up. The retail business by 2003 had a total of 395 stores under the Lewis and Best Electrical brands.
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was delivering 150,000 Tours annually, in the areas of air, coach rail and cruise tours. Great Universal was a large shareholder in British Caledonian Airways, and Global formed a strong partnership with a time charter arrangement. By 1977, Global was offering low priced tours leaving from 10 different airports in the British Isles. The company however suffered from a blacklisting from Arab countries due to the company chairman being Lord Mancroft, and the companies links to Israel. In 1985, as part of Leonard Wolfsons divesting plans, Global, along with its brands Overland and Golden Circle were sold to rival tour company Intasun.
441:. All of these mail order businesses became part of the GUS subsidiary, the British Mail Order Corporation Ltd (BMOC) and were run separately from Kay & Company Ltd. However, in 1983 the Monopolies & Mergers Commission vetoed a merger of GUS with rival Empire which GUS had already purchased 36% of the shares in. Two thirds of the shares in Empire was sold to a Dutch company, Vendex, with GUS retaining a 12% holding. UK operations were grown in 1997 with the purchase of most of 627:
Paige. It also added in 1957 the men's tailoring stores of Neville Reed. The following year saw GUS expand its clothing empire by buying the men's tailoring chains of Hector Powe and Hope Brothers (which included subsidiary John Maxwell) and ladies outfitters J.Marksmith & Co. with its subsidiary Vogue Fashions. Headrow Clothiers, a manufacturing and clothing retail business was purchased in 1962, with the manufacturing business being sold onto
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last purchase was Verdia in Switzerland, which was purchased in 1982 The Wehkamp catalogue was expanded by its parent company, GUS Holland BV, by purchasing smaller Dutch rival Bertels in 1970, moving into the Belgium and Germany markets and offering separate catalogues selling everything from flower bulbs to furniture and holding a third of the mail order market in Holland. GUS expanded Halens catalogue into the Finnish market in 1997.
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purchase of manufacturer and retailer Greenlees & Sons in 1957, whose subsidiaries included Easiphit; Dicks; J.W. Haylock; Peter of Durham; K. Stanton & Sons and Sandra. In 1973, the business was grown further by the purchase of Lennards. The businesses were merged into a new company called Greenlees Lennards Ltd. The combined company was sold to Charterhall during 1988.
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French men's retailer 100,000 Chemises. During the 1970s, the clothing operations management were consolidated under Morrisons Associated Companies, with the company rebranding it's men stores under the Just Pants Plus brand, while the womenswear brands were reduced to Paige, Wilsons and Jax. In 1986, the 246 Paige stores were sold to retail group Combined English Stores.
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Development Council into blooming caused by lacquers used on furniture products. In 1968, GUS purchased the combined furniture and menswear group Times-Willerby, adding The Times Furnishing Company to its furniture retail portfolio, while also purchasing the Welsh-based furniture retailer S. Aston & Sons in 1968. During the same year GUS was taken to Court by
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using money borrowed from his father in law, purchased a large amount of shares and became the joint managing director a year later with George Rose, who subsequently resigned in 1934 leaving Wolfson in sole charge. In 1933 the company had made a loss of £55,000, but Wolfson's reorganisation turned this around to a profit of £330,000 in 1934. He was
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million and merging it with its GUS Transport business, known as White Arrow, naming the combined business Reality. Later on in 2001, Breathe.com, at the time Britain's 4th largest internet service provider was purchased from near bankruptcy, but was sold just three months later at a profit to Affinity Internet Holdings.
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to manage the £900 million property portfolio held by GUS Property Management. Called BL Universal, British Land paid £230 million for its half share of the joint company. The new business sold or relinquished 894 properties, either reinvesting in new property, such as retail parks, or returning cash
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with a plan to invest $ 100 million in the business, however the bid was rejected by Montgomery Ward's board. In December 1964, Isaac Wolfson announced they planned to expand into both the retail and manufacturing trades in the US, however no purchases were made. GUS did set up Great Universal Stores
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and The Scotch House were added to the company's portfolio in 1955 along with national chain Weaver to Weaver. Two years later GUS purchased the multiple retailer Morrisons Associated Companies, which included its subsidiaries, Ashley Russell; Audrey; Cliftons; Edgar Allen; Graftons; Irene Adair and
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about using the Cavendish name on the former Dale furniture store. In 1985, GUS combined The Times Furnishing Group, and its remaining furniture businesses that had been consolidated under Cavendish-Woodhouse, and branded them under the Times name. The 375 store business was sold to Harris Queensway
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for cash and shares in 1960. During 1955, GUS furniture factories were hit by the UK government's restrictions to hire purchase, with Tyne Furniture Works, one of Europe's biggest furniture factory's, having to go on short time due to the fall in orders. In 1957, GUS funded research by the Furniture
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was invited to join the company as merchandise controller after impressing director George Rose at a trade fair in Manchester, accepting no wages in return of share options. The flotation of the company was not a huge success, and with an ill-advised move to London the share price dropped. Wolfson,
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by distributing Burberry shares to its own shareholders. In October the Wehkamp business was sold to Swedish investment company Industri Kapital for 390 million euros, selling the last remnant of the companies mail order business. The Burberry demerger was completed in December 2005. GUS plc ranked
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In 1947, Isaac Wolfson visited South Africa on a fact finding mission for investments and purchased shares in the newly public issued furniture retailer Lewis Stores, which operated 8 stores Lewis Stores share holding was grown to take ownership of the business, and further investments were made in
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Great Universal Stores expanded into the High Street electrical retail market in 1948 by buying Boyds, a radio and television retailerand rental company. This area of the business was further expanded by 1955 with the purchase of W H Barnes, but it was not until 1971 that further expansion occurred
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In 1958, GUS purchased Art Wallpapers, a chain of paint and wall covering stores. The business was grown by adding more stores, as well as purchasing further DIY retailers Great Clowes Discount Warehouse, and Home Charm. By the 1980s the business had 175 stores, but was sold to Harris Queensway in
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In 1934, Great Universal started to grow its furniture business by purchasing the Midland and Hackney chains. This was followed in 1943 by the purchase of the Jays and Campbell chains for £1.2 million from its owner Sir Julien Cahn, and British and Colonial Furniture Company in 1945, along with its
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In 1956, GUS purchased Global Tours, Europe's biggest coach tour company that had been formed by Harry Rosenthal, Joe and Harry Shuman adding Overland Tours later that year. GUS added a further business to its Global subsidiary, Sunlight Holidays in 1962. By 1969, the Global business had grown and
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In the early 1990s the Canadian company was fined $ 45,000 (Canadian) for misleading advertising, the largest total fine during that fiscal year. At that point, the company was doing business under the name of Légaré Woodhouse in Montreal and elsewhere in Quebec. The business was sold at a loss of
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From the 1960s, GUS grew its presence on continental Europe. This started with the purchase of the Wehkamp mail order business based in Holland. This was increased by Swedish catalogue Hallens I. Barrasford which was purchased in 1966 and the Austrian mail order firm Universal Versand in 1968. The
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In the 1970s, the Midland Household stores division of GUS developed a credit referencing system to help against bad debt on credit provided in its furniture stores. It was such a success that it was offered to other parts of the GUS group, and it grew and developed into direct marketing, credit
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in 1955. By 1983 the company had expanded its range of operations significantly. Catalogue mail order was by far the company's primary business but the company was also engaged in retailing through shops, the manufacture of clothing and household goods, financial services, property investment and
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while redeveloping the former Robb department store in Belfast into the Donegall Arcade. In the 1980s, GUS started selling off its physical retail businesses, but retained the freehold and leaseholds, changing the company to GUS Property Management. The company continued to invest in property by
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A joint venture started in 1984 between commercial delivery firm Lex Wilkinson and GUS Transport, better known as White Arrow. During the 1980s, Leonard Wolfson divested much of the companies retail and manufacturing business, to concentrate on mail order, Burberry, finance and property sectors.
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company, John Peters, but with GUS retaining the 88 Hipp/Tailorfit stores. As part of the purchase of Times Willerby, a furniture and men's tailoring business in 1968, the Willerby tailor stores were added to the GUS portfolio. The company expanded into European markets in 1972 by purchasing the
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In addition to clothing retailers, Isaac Wolfson expanded GUS retail portfolio into the world of Footwear. The first purchase was in 1956 when they acquired the Flateau Group, which included the subsidiaries Henry Playfair, Metropole Shoes and the Metropolitan Boot Co. This soon added to by the
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was put up for sale, but no buyer could be found and so the business was closed down in 2001 and its Knightsbridge store transferred to Burberry. The company expanded into new markets by buying the Reality Group, a Web design, hosting and e-commerce consultancy business it had acquired for £35
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With the purchase of British & Colonial Furniture in 1945, GUS gained ownership of their first Canadian business, Woodhouse & Co. Great Universal Stores of Canada Limited was expanded with the further purchases of Legare Co., C. W. Lindsay, Forsts and Adams Furniture Co. In 1953, Isaac
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in January 1961. J Robb & Co was closed in 1973, as was Pim Brothers in 1967, both being rented out by GUS Property before being redeveloped. Jones & Higgins was closed as a department store in 1980, becoming a branch of Houndsditch Warehouse before it eventually closed in 1984, with
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A large group has recently acquired control of several well known multiple house furnishing businesses and now owns 480 stores throughout the country. In addition it has still more recently obtained control of several large manufacturing units and one plywood plant... so it's clear... this
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but withdrew from the deal at the last minute. By 1964, GUS operated 125 furniture and appliance stores across Canada. Charles Wolfson, Isaac's brother was formerly president, became chairman as of 1 January 1963, and John P. Adderley became president and chief executive officer.
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for around £170 million in 2000, with K.C Finance, its Channel Island subsidiary of General Guarantee Finance sold for £54 million. The remaining part of General Guarantee Finance was closed down in 2000 with the loss of 600 jobs after failing to find a buyer. The
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Cavendish, Woodhouse and Dale chains for £1 million and the manufacturing business of Tyne Plywood Works. Smart Brothers furniture chain was added in 1948 for a further £1 million. In 1946, a Working Party report stated its concerns about GUS purchases:
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In 1962, the business moved into the grocery business by buying William Cussons, a northern based chain, which operated a further 40 Carline Supermarkets and the high end grocery chain Hodgson & Hepworth in Doncaster. These businesses were sold to
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from the late 1940s until his retirement in 1987. Wolfson grew GUS by offering 'A' ordinary shares, which had no voting rights, or by selling the premises and leasing it back. Through his wealth gained at Great Universal Stores, he established the
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was acquired by GUS plc for £900 million, where it formed part of the Argos Retail Group. The previous month, GUS had announced that the Jungle.com business was also to be merged into the ARG division of the business and run from Argos'
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In 1949, GUS applied to the UK government asking to extend their dollar facilities to £750,000 to invest in the US to increase the sale of British goods. In 1954, GUS made an approach to purchase the US mail order and department store group
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Development Company Inc. in 1964 to work with two American partners on property development, and in 1968 set up a new subsidiary, BRAMBEC, as a commercial furniture contractor for its manufacturing businesses, working in partnership with
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in 1944. GUS however did not pull out of this market, and went on a purchasing spree. The first bought was Cardiff based store, Leslie Stores and its subsidiaries, John Dyer in Southsea, London House in Newport was purchased in 1940.
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joined the mail order company and would, through a series of takeovers, turn it into a retail, manufacturing and financial conglomerate, becoming Europe's biggest mail order firm and with over 2,700 physical stores. His son,
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While divesting the retail businesses, GUS kept hold of the freeholds of the properties and added them to their property business GUS Property Management, leasing the properties back to the purchasing businesses.
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In 2003 it was announced the South African business would be partially floated on the Johannesburg market as part of the divestment of non core business. The remaining shares of the business were sold in 2005.
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and Pyne Brothers both of London. GUS also purchased during this period smaller Drapery Stores, many of which offered credit to their customers. These included W. Brydson & Co of Perth, Evans and Allen of
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to the share holders. In 2003, British Land purchased the remaining 50% shareholding from GUS for £120 million, and paid off a £43 million loan that GUS had provided to BL Universal.
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Reality Group - merger of GUS Transport business, known as White Arrow, and Reality Group, a Web design, hosting and e-commerce consultancy business it had acquired for £35 million.
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catalogue, from which the company took its name, and completed the departure of GUS from its original business areas. Around the same time, the Barclays announced the closure of the
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In 2004, the company sold its traditional home shopping (catalogues) division in the UK and Scandinavia and its Reality business, which included the White Arrow business to the
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GUS Property divisions started out as an investment company developing modern office blocks, including Dale Street in Manchester, Chatworth House, and in partnership with
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headquarters. From early in the year the Home Shopping division also embarked on a successful turnaround strategy helped by advisers managed by Rob Wherrett of Zymolysis.
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The finance business was sold as part of the company refocus under David Wolfson and Victor Barnett. Highway Vehicle Management was sold to First National, a division of
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was closed 1972 and replaced by a Times Furnishing store, while the likes of Bainbridges and Butterfield and Massies were converted into Thoms discount stores.
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However the age of the department store and drapery was starting to falter, and GUS sold, closed down or repurposed the stores. Darling & Co. was sold to
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They continued to buy furniture stores, with Oetzmann & Co. purchased in 1954, Godfrey and James Broderick stores added. The biggest name purchased was
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Great Universal Stores, 25 years of progress: 1932 The Growth and Activities of the Great Universal Stores Limited under the direction of Mr. Isaac Wolfson
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The company started divesting its business by selling its Universal Versand business in April 2001 to the Otto group for £23 million. Its luxury brand
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as of 11 October 2006. GUS plc became a wholly owned subsidiary of Experian plc after the demerger and was renamed Experian Finance plc.
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Houndsditch itself closing in 1986 and being redeveloped by GUS Property as 133 Houndsditch, an office development. Garrett & Co in
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In November 1996, TRW sold their credit agency unit TRW Information Systems and Services Inc, that operated under the name Experian to
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GUS developed its manufacturing businesses in the 1950s, with products including clothing, bedding, upholstery, textiles and pottery.
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in 1998 in a hostile takeover bid and the UK's second largest online retailer at the time, Jungle.com, in 2000 for £37 million.
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as the new CEO of Burberry given the task of improving the company, which had been hit by the Asian crisis. The company acquired
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with the purchase of J & F Stone Lighting and Radio Ltd. The 100 stores of the J & F Stone brand were sold in 1975 to
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and GUS discussed a merger but it was eventually blocked by the M & S board. In 1997, Great Universal Stores appointed
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In 2001 the company changed its name to GUS plc using the identifier GUS on the London Stock Exchange. In November 2002,
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to concentrate on mail order, property and finance. In October 2006, the company was split into two separate companies:
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Rubinstein WD, Jolles M, Rubinstein HL (2011). Rubinstein, William D, Jolles, Michael, Rubinstein, Hilary L (eds.).
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Competition and Technological Change in the Television Industry An Empirical Evaluation of Theories of the Firm
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The Great Universal Stores PLC and Empire Stores (Bradford) PLC: a report on the existing and proposed mergers
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New Universal Stores - chain of 10 department stores, renamed Hills & Steele in 1939 before being sold to
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GUS were put under pressure during the apartheid years regarding their investments, including pressure from
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Following a reorganization led by Barnett, it was announced in May 2005 that GUS would divest its stake in
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Company Archives: The Survey of the Records of 1000 of the First Registered Companies in England and Wales
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project, Thus pips BT to £70m Scottish broadband; lines, AOL UK chalks up 100k LLU; blogs, China targets.
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in 1953, however a large share of the business was sold to rival furniture chain "John Peters", run by
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catalogue showroom chain, the principal rival to Argos in the UK, selling around 35 stores to Argos.
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in 1964. Other department stores acquired during this time included Butterfield and Massies of
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GUS acquired A & S Henry & Co group in 1971 after a battle with fellow retailing group
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On 28 March 2006, it was announced that the company would split into two separate businesses,
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Patersons. Australian furniture chain. 70% share bought 1974. Remaining shares bought 1977.
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Breathe.com - Internet service provider purchased in 2001, selling it three months later.
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Wolfson investigated a merger of his Canadian operations with Canadian department store
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exchange for shares as part of the same deal that Harris had acquired Times Furniture.
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organisation will be in a position to exercise very considerable influence on the trade
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In 1937, Charley Nicholls, the part owner of New Universal Stores sold his shares to
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Whiteaway, Laidlaw & Co. purchased 1957. Operating stores in Far East and Kenya.
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Bullock, L. (1994). "Isaac Wolfson, Bt. 1 October 1897 – 20 June 1991". Obituary.
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Group's catalogue business, which included the catalogues Innovations and McCord.
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TRW Information Systems and Services Inc (Thompson Ramo Woolridge) purchased 1996
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shopping centre in Glasgow from Arlington Retail for £35 million in 1993 and the
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NetRatings, spending over $ US659m in 2006. The next-ranked online advertiser,
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was then transferred to the Home Retail Group, and was sold in 2007 to the
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British and Colonial Furniture Company purchased 1945 with subsidiaries:
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in Belfast for £23.25m in 1996. In 1997, GUS set up a joint company with
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Simme D.P. Flapper; Jo van Nunen; Luk N. van Wassenhove, eds. (2005).
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Simme D.P. Flapper; Jo van Nunen; Luk N. van Wassenhove, eds. (2006).
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ARG Financial Services – provider of store card services, such as the
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Accounting for Growth: Stripping the Camouflage from Company Accounts
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chain, while Boyds was sold to the Electronics Rental Group in 1974.
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William D. Rubinstein; Michael Jolles; Hilary L. Rubinstein (2011).
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in 1986, for an exchange of a 20% shareholding in Harris Queensway.
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David Hollander & Sons Ltd (Silver plated goods) purchased 1970
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travel. Until 1997, GUS had 48 years of consecutive profit growth.
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as the highest-spending online advertiser in the US, according to
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An industrious minority: a history of the Bolton Jewish community
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Headrow Clothiers purchased 1962. Manufacturing business sold to
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Well Suited: A History of the Leeds Clothing Industry, 1850-1990
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Well Suited: A History of the Leeds Clothing Industry, 1850-1990
3583: 3581: 2843: 2268:"GUS stuns City by launching hostile pounds 1.6bn bid for Argos" 1303:
company, John Peters, but retained the 88 Hipp/Tailorfit stores.
987:
All Yours, Wigfalls at Home and Choice Mail Order purchased 1977
853:
management and store cards. In 1980, GUS sought assistance from
7012:
Business Groups in the West: Origins, Evolution, and Resilience
5110:"Great Universal Stores of Canada Appointments (advertisement)" 4091: 1812:"Why shopping empire has been lured south to 'Golden Triangle'" 1149: 1139: 1101:) purchased in 1955. Bought by House of Fraser in January 1961. 913: 39: 7342: 7008: 6690:. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University 5457: 5251: 4048: 4046: 4005:"Butterfield & Massey building, Market Hill now Walkabout" 3596: 2687: 1703:
ARG – The Argos Retail Group, subsequently demerged to become
847: 543:
in 1955, Ben Evans in Swansea in 1955, Houndsditch Warehouse,
519:
was purchased in 1949, quickly followed by J Robb & Co of
6824:
Bulletin of the John Rylands University Library of Manchester
5825: 5315:
Dr Mark Pottle and Professor Erica Charters (February 2021).
3922: 3920: 3578: 3190:"Cavendish House (Cheltenham) Ltd vs Cavendish-Woodhouse Ltd" 2577: 1363:
Lennards purchased 1973. Sold to Charterhall during the 1988.
1115: 548: 289:, a mail order business created by the Rose family. In 1931, 27:
Former British retail, manufacturing and finance conglomerate
6019:
Anne Howarth; Barry Stanton; Margaret Sinclair-Hunt (1993).
5580: 5443: 5441: 4673: 4671: 4614: 4612: 2831: 2829: 1340:
Greenlees & Sons purchased 1957. Subsidiaries included:
511:
briefly slowed the growth, but after the war Bainbridges of
4043: 3760:
Scotland in Modern Times – William H Marwick – Google Books
3099:"Hire PurchaseVolume 538: debated on Tuesday 22 March 1955" 1609:
Scottish Textile & Manufacturing Company purchased 1965
1218: 298:, followed him as chairman, to be succeeded by his nephews 4323: 3917: 3464: 3462: 2761: 2759: 2385:
Economic Workbook and Data: A Tutorial Volume for Students
939: 6266: 6264: 6062: 6060: 5661:
C. Critcher; Peter Bramham; Alan Tomlinson, eds. (1995).
5438: 4954:"BBC News | Business | Argos attacks GUS offer" 4668: 4609: 4285: 4074:
The Brothers: The Rise & Rise of Saatchi & Saatch
3172:"GUS Acquires Controlling Interest in Furniture Business" 2826: 2639: 2637: 6762: 6272:"£5m profit in first year of operation - that's Reality" 6234:"Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising Museum" 5854:"The Investment Column: British Land profits from deals" 4703: 4701: 4418: 4416: 4066: 4064: 2410:"Hope Church takes over Newtown's Royal Welsh Warehouse" 2058: 2031: 892:
mail order operations into it. This included the iconic
661: 448: 277:
based in the United Kingdom. GUS was an abbreviation of
6417:
The Most Tivo'd Shows: Naughty or Nice for Advertisers?
5584:
Vertical integration in the travel and leisure industry
5519:
Nigel Evans; George Stonehouse; David Campbell (2011).
4880: 4173:
Jnternational Marketing: A Comparative Systems Approach
4117: 4115: 3459: 2756: 2381: 1179:) Closed 1972 and replaced by a Times Furnishing store. 7390:
Companies formerly listed on the London Stock Exchange
6261: 6245: 6243: 6166:"Large British Retailer to buy US credit data company" 6057: 4747:. S. Low, Marston & Company. 1976. p. B-109. 4121: 3410: 3408: 2634: 1856:
The Monopolies and Mergers Commission (January 1983).
1681: 1367:(Businesses were merged into Greenlees Lennards Ltd.) 1291:
J.Marksmith & Co. purchased 1958 with subsidiary:
6287: 6285: 6002:"Manchester Building Society sells Whiteaway Laidlaw" 5927:"First National swoops on Highway Vehicle Management" 4698: 4413: 4061: 1707:, which consisted of several subdivisions, including 1484:
J & F Stone Lighting and Radio Ltd purchased 1971
1326:
Flateau Group purchased 1956. Subsidiaries included:
6995:
Who Owns Whom:United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland
6329:"Barclays gamble with £590m GUS mail order takeover" 4422: 4112: 2230:
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society
1662: 1624:
Pantherella plc purchased 1987 (high end sock brand)
1538:
Rylands & Sons purchased 1953 and subsidiaries:
7298: 7282:"Giant of the small screen: Profile: Michael Green" 6594: 6251:"GUS Announces Major Thrust Into Fulfilment Market" 6240: 5413:
Hearings, Volume 6, United States. Congress. Senate
5168:"Burberry is not really tailor-made for Far-East". 4599:"Other foreign ventures dominated the merger field" 3620: 3618: 3405: 3359: 3357: 3140: 2186:
Takeover:The Growth of Monopoly in Britain, 1951-61
1628: 1504: 1028:
Department stores in the United Kingdom and Ireland
1023:
Celtic Hampers (Republic of Ireland) purchased 1998
7216:Your Evil Twin: Behind the Identity Theft Epidemic 6462: 6460: 6282: 2665: 2008:"Paid Notice: Deaths HYMAN, EDITH WOLFSON BARNETT" 1713:(previously an independent company, once owned by 1600:Barretts of Staffordshire (Pottery) purchased 1948 1002: 493: 378: 7062: 6838:"Victoria Mill - The Last Working Mill in Turton" 6484: 5960: 5958: 4907: 4622:Kiss Myself Goodbye: The Many Lives of Aunt Munca 3562: 3560: 285:amongst stockbrokers. The company started out as 7381: 6542: 5966:"Great Universal Stores Annual Report June 2001" 5633: 5068: 4618: 4350: 4209:"185-B - Records of Hart, Moss, Copley & Co" 4185: 4183: 3615: 3381: 3379: 3377: 3354: 1790:"Annual Report for the year ended 31 March 2006" 1379:J.C. Carline Supermarkets subsidiary of Cussons 871: 780: 333:was founded in 1900 as a mail-order business in 7166: 6858:The Palgrave Dictionary of Anglo-Jewish History 6457: 5717:. Vol. 228, no. 1. 1973. p. 194. 5640:. University of California Press. p. 245. 4677: 4593: 4591: 4327:The Palgrave Dictionary of Anglo-Jewish History 4027: 4025: 3900:"Houndsditch, 133 Houndsditch, London EC3A 7BX" 3553:. Vol. 193. 14 November 1959. p. 455. 2791: 2789: 2182: 1687:Great Universal Stores Development Company Inc. 1310: 1272:Paige. Sold to Combined English Stores in 1986. 1040:Leslie Stores and subsidiaries purchased 1940: 927:, with both companies listed separately on the 7400:Defunct retail companies of the United Kingdom 7323: 7108: 6081: 5955: 5832:. Vol. 47. St. James Press. p. 168. 5733:Investors Chronicle and Stock Exchange Gazette 5711:"A Development by GUS Property Investment Ltd" 5617:"A Shopper's Guide: Tour Bundles From Britain" 5137:Competition policy in OECD countries 1993–1994 4524:"Combined English Shops hoists its dividend". 4241:Investors Chronicle and Stock Exchange Gazette 3557: 3468: 2966: 2765: 2157: 2094: 1191:Taylor-Nottidge Group including subsidiaries: 587: 7349:. Vol. 54. St. James Press. p. 40. 7326:"British Land Buys out JV Partner for $ 260M" 7042:. Pen & Sword Books Limited. p. 75. 6908:"The charity that can't even give money away" 6781: 6779: 6401:"Business – GUS to demerge stake in Burberry" 6110:"Experian Investors Reap Substantial Returns" 5921: 5919: 5182: 4996: 4681:Early Warning Indicators of Corporate Failure 4574: 4180: 4169: 4147: 4145: 3883:"The British Land Company Annual Report 2000" 3814:"Central Peckham, Historical Area Assessment" 3789: 3787: 3519: 3517: 3515: 3513: 3374: 3338: 3336: 3334: 3332: 3330: 3328: 2694:. Vol. 28. St. James Press. p. 30. 2661: 2659: 2657: 2435:Investor Chronicle and Stock Exchange Gazette 2027: 2025: 2023: 2021: 1949:"PHILANTHROPIST ISAAC WOLFSON DIES AT AGE 93" 1902:Aris, Stephen (1970). "6:Sir Isaac Wolfson". 1529:Myers & Morris (furniture) purchased 1937 1014:Hallens I. Barrasford (Sweden) purchased 1966 433:were purchased, and in 1981 GUS acquired the 387:in 1937, and continued to run its catalogue, 349:business in the UK, with a single catalogue, 7346:International Directory of Company Histories 7239: 7039:Life in Miniature: A History of Dolls Houses 7035: 7009:Asli M. Colpan, Takashi Hikino, ed. (2018). 6429:"Breaking News, World News & Multimedia" 6293:"Great Universal set to offload Breathe.com" 6088:. Global Professional Publishi. p. 24. 5829:International Directory of Company Histories 5280:"Apartheid Opponents Focus on Foreign Firms" 5086: 5084: 5064: 5062: 5060: 5058: 5056: 5054: 5052: 5050: 5048: 5046: 4884:International Directory of Company Histories 4707: 4588: 4572: 4570: 4568: 4566: 4564: 4562: 4560: 4558: 4556: 4554: 4442: 4440: 4438: 4382:"Isaac Wolfson - the man and his management" 4231: 4229: 4070: 4022: 3242:"Zellers Ltd. Annual Report to Shareholders" 2786: 2691:International Directory of Company Histories 2425: 2423: 1867:. The Competition Commission. Archived from 1573:Gill & Reigate (furniture manufacturers) 1251:Morrisons (and subsidiaries) purchased 1957 1150:Department stores outside the United Kingdom 751:, which had been set up by a grant from the 523:in 1951. GUS subsidiary, Kays purchased the 457: 7261: 7212: 7193: 6802:Lesley Richmond, Bridget Stockford (1986). 6601:. Cambridge University Press. p. 425. 6412: 6410: 6136:"GUS shares soar on pounds 1bn acquisition" 6047:"How Experian Built A Business Around Data" 5522:Strategic Management for Travel and Tourism 5071:"Isaac Wolfson's silent invasion of Canada" 5017:: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list ( 3704: 3702: 3700: 3698: 3696: 3694: 3692: 3690: 3363: 3260: 3258: 3136: 3134: 3132: 3130: 3012: 3010: 3008: 3006: 2581:Studies in Public Law and the Retail Sector 1621:Hobbies (Dolls furniture maker) closed 1968 1567:JF Willis (Cinderella Shoes) purchased 1960 848:Credit agency and direct marketing business 738: 7162: 7160: 7111:"GUS to sell finance arm for pounds 1.2bn" 6925:D. J. Machin, Robert Leslie Smyth (1970). 6776: 5916: 5553:. No. 137–142. July 1969. p. 19. 4447:Lionel Faraday Gray,Jonathan Love (1975). 4142: 3784: 3626:"Agenda: Co-operative Management Magazine" 3568:"Bevans Department Store becomes 30 flats" 3510: 3325: 3311: 3309: 3307: 3305: 3303: 3301: 3299: 2810: 2808: 2654: 2090: 2088: 2018: 1925: 1923: 1694: 1214:Penberthys of Oxford Street purchased 1955 1011:Universal Versand (Austria) purchased 1968 596: 38: 7257: 7255: 7088: 7086: 6645:British and Irish Furniture Makers Online 6347:"Business – GUS sells catalogue business" 5791:"The Forge shopping centre sold for #35m" 5396:June 27, 30, July 1-3, 1958. pp. 831-1518 5298:"Universities to press S Africa compsirs" 5228: 5226: 5224: 5186:Jewish Roots in the South African Economy 5081: 5043: 4801: 4551: 4435: 4226: 3494: 3492: 3166: 3164: 2420: 1640:Highway Vehicle Management purchased 1997 1591:Joseph Johnson of Lichwinnoch (Furniture) 1576:Joseph Johnstone (furniture manufacturer) 1472: 527:store Attwoods, while in 1954 Bladons of 7242:"Metromail Sale Opens Privacy Questions" 7015:. Oxford University Press. p. 138. 6957:University of Worcester Library Services 6684:"Nathan, Sir Maurice Arnold (1914–1982)" 6590: 6588: 6586: 6584: 6407: 6025:. Select Knowledge Limited. p. 45. 5410:Senate, United States. Congress (1965). 5376: 4737: 4735: 4733: 4731: 4502: 4403:"Vision; the European Business Magazine" 3808: 3806: 3757:Marwick, William H. (16 December 2013). 3687: 3673: 3671: 3669: 3667: 3665: 3663: 3661: 3659: 3475:. Sydney University Press. p. 168. 3348:Agenda: Co-operative Management Magazine 3255: 3127: 3055: 3053: 3051: 3049: 3003: 2565:Investor Chronicle & Financial World 2537: 2535: 2262: 2260: 2199: 2162:. Sydney University Press. p. 168. 2137:. Vol. 1. Gale. 2001. p. 998. 1784: 1782: 1780: 1462: 1452: 1219:Clothing retailers in the United Kingdom 969:The Royal Welsh Warehouse purchased 1954 7405:Retail companies disestablished in 2006 7343:Jay P. Pederson, Thomas Derdak (1988). 7264:"Baylis sale marks GUS exit from print" 7157: 7069:. Macmillan Education UK. p. 349. 6485:Waterson, Kirstie (10 September 2021). 5563: 5334:"Burberry and Argos freed in GUS split" 4936:"Can this woman do a Gucci on Burberry" 4831:Beerman's Financial Year Book of Europe 4252: 4250: 4128:. Macmillan Education UK. p. 231. 3756: 3727: 3725: 3723: 3657: 3655: 3653: 3651: 3649: 3647: 3645: 3643: 3641: 3639: 3447:. Ideal-homes.org.uk. 29 September 2010 3439: 3437: 3296: 3147:. Eyre & Spottiswoode. p. 66. 3047: 3045: 3043: 3041: 3039: 3037: 3035: 3033: 3031: 3029: 2805: 2688:Thomas Derdak, Jay P. Pederson (1999). 2475: 2473: 2471: 2469: 2382:Trotman-Dickenson, D. I (17 May 2014). 2226: 2085: 1920: 1851: 1849: 1847: 1845: 1717:) – the UK's largest catalogue retailer 1320: 940:Mail order catalogues in United Kingdom 888:for £590 million, who later merged the 644: 273:retailing, manufacturing and financial 14: 7382: 7252: 7196:"GUS goes on $ 246m US shopping spree" 7083: 6468:"Putting their billions to better use" 6311:"Affinity Takes Breathe Away from GUS" 6216:"Universal-Versand will Erster werden" 6198:"GUS goes on $ 246m US shopping spree" 5826:Thomas Derdak,Jay P. Pederson (2002). 5409: 5377:Congress, United States (April 1949). 5221: 5116:. Montreal. 3 January 1963. p. 13 4281: 4279: 4277: 4275: 4273: 4271: 4213:Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council 3489: 3161: 2578:Ann R Everton, David J Hughes (2000). 2377: 2375: 2373: 2371: 2369: 2367: 2365: 2363: 2361: 2359: 2357: 2355: 2353: 2351: 2349: 2347: 2345: 2343: 2341: 2339: 2337: 2335: 2333: 2331: 2329: 2327: 2325: 2323: 2321: 2319: 2317: 2315: 2313: 2311: 2309: 2307: 2305: 2303: 2301: 2059:Steve Baron, Peter Jones, ed. (1991). 1897: 1895: 1893: 1891: 1889: 1843: 1841: 1839: 1837: 1835: 1833: 1831: 1829: 1827: 1825: 1699:The company had three main divisions: 1395: 934: 700: 654:who combined them into their existing 7420:British companies established in 1900 6979:The Stock Exchange Official Year-book 6953:"Kays Archive - Research Collections" 6581: 6549:. Pasold Research Fund. p. 280. 5667:. Taylor & Francis. p. 173. 5581:Institut du transport aérien (1972). 4868:Retail Business: Retail trade reviews 4728: 4423:Hammwr, Alexander. R (21 June 1972). 4357:. Pasold Research Fund. p. 280. 3803: 3228:Retail Business: Retail trade reviews 3212:. Vol. 74, 75. 1985. p. 13. 2962: 2960: 2958: 2956: 2954: 2952: 2950: 2948: 2946: 2532: 2299: 2297: 2295: 2293: 2291: 2289: 2287: 2285: 2283: 2281: 2257: 2206:. Taylor & Francis. p. 122. 1937:. 12 March 1964. pp. 10, 11, 40. 1777: 1727:) – a DIY (home improvement) retailer 1520:(Brought together under Global name) 1385: 1104:Ben Evans (Swansea) purchased in 1955 984:Greenbank and Meridien purchased 1976 662:Other retail and manufacturing growth 635: 449:European mail order catalogues growth 421:& Son Ltd catalogue business of 341:. The next year it was listed on the 7415:Retail companies established in 1900 6178:from the original on 2 February 2009 6146:from the original on 26 January 2012 4286:Bull, George; Vice, Anthony (1958). 4247: 3720: 3636: 3547:"The Great Universal Stores Limited" 3434: 3026: 2666:Wainwright Matthew (17 April 2003). 2628:Retail Business:Retail trade reviews 2466: 1901: 1588:John Woodrow & Sons (Silk Goods) 1391:Thoms Household Goods purchased 1970 1224:Jays of Regent Street purchased 1946 1206:John Williams & Co (Rotherhithe) 1111:) purchased in 1958. Closed in 1986. 1094:Pim Brothers (Dublin) purchased 1955 1066:) Purchased in 1951. Closed in 1973. 345:. At this stage, it was the leading 7324:Howarth, Anita (17 November 2003). 6861:. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 764. 6763:Hilary Thomas; John Cowell (2012). 6598:Retail Trading in Britain 1850-1950 6577:. Vol. 163. 1970. p. 782. 5945:"GUS shares surge on sell-off plan" 5735:. Vol. 20. 1972. p. 1249. 4870:. No. 17–24. 1991. p. 57. 4477:. Vol. 2. 1985. p. 1-926. 4409:. No. 26–31. 1973. p. 65. 4330:. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 437. 4268: 4264:. Vol. 151. 1946. p. 601. 4159:. Vol. 204. 1962. p. 840. 3350:. Vol. 9–10. 1961. p. 40. 3230:. No. 17–24. 1997. p. 57. 2220: 2032:Philip Harris; Ivan Fallon (2017). 1977:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U40467 1931:"Everyone in Britain Buys From Him" 1906:. London: Penguin Books (Pelican). 1886: 1822: 1682:Property Management and Development 1535:Tyne Furniture Works purchased 1945 1448:S. Aston & Sons purchased 1968. 1433:purchased 1953 Partially sold 1960. 1370: 1017:Verdia (Switzerland) purchased 1982 916:, had sales of just over $ US294m. 819: 718:Woodhouse & Co (purchased 1945) 24: 7367: 7109:Verity, Andrew (2 November 1998). 7066:Mergers and Acquisitions Year Book 6672:. Vol. 217. 1968. p. 60. 6511:. Vol. 130. 1954. p. 67. 6361:"Jobs to go as Index stores close" 5474:. Vol. 183. 1968. p. 13. 5069:Porter, Mckenzie (14 April 1956). 4881:Thomas Derdak; Adele Hast (1992). 4191:"GUS now goes in for supermarkets" 3632:. Vol. 9–10. 191. p. 40. 3611:. Vol. 1–7. 1957. p. 41. 3178:. Vol. 207. 1968. p. 39. 2943: 2890:Managing Closed-Loop Supply Chains 2739:Managing Closed-Loop Supply Chains 2630:. No. 9–16. 1989. p. 50. 2528:. Vol. 201. 1963. p. 55. 2437:. Vol. 18. 1971. p. 332. 2278: 1646:CCN (Commercial Credit Nottingham) 1564:Polikoff (clothing) purchased 1948 1436:Oetzmann & Co. purchased 1954. 1401:Hackney and Midland purchased 1934 1020:Family Album (Republic of Ireland) 613: 25: 7431: 7147:"Manchester BS in £5m bank swoop" 6752:. Vol. 82. 1987. p. 21. 6734:. Vol. 3. 1971. p. 612. 6629:. Vol. 8. 1950. p. 277. 5912:. Vol. 19. 1964. p. 26. 5753:. Vol. 76. 1986. p. 28. 5637:The Jews of Britain, 1656 to 2000 5605:. Vol. 28. 1973. p. 22. 5492:. Vol. 26. 1959. p. 19. 5217:. Vol. 9. 1973. p. 827. 4773:. Vol. 3. 1971. p. 612. 4388:. Vol. 19. 1964. p. 26. 4243:. Vol. 9. 1969. p. 364. 4125:Macmillan Dictionary of Retailing 4122:Steve Baron; Peter Jones (1991). 4102:"Great Clowes Discount Warehouse" 3716:. Vol. 44. 1955. p. 33. 3588:"Beavans Switch Sales Aporoach". 2939:. Vol. 1. 2000. p. 341. 2839:. Vol. 6. 2001. p. 428. 2716:"Arcadia Group: What went wrong?" 2612:. Vol. 10. 1983. p. 53. 2061:Macmillan Dictionary of Retailing 1663:Printing and Photography business 1532:Tyne Plywood Works purchased 1945 1008:Wehkamp (Holland) purchased 1962. 978:Chorlton Warehouse purchased 1963 975:Dyson and Horsfall purchased 1962 960:Trafford Warehouse purchased 1938 535:were acquired. The company added 7395:Retail companies based in London 7336: 7317: 7292: 7274: 7262:Scott, Andy (15 November 2001). 7233: 7206: 7187: 7139: 7121: 7102: 7056: 7029: 7002: 6986: 6970: 6945: 6918: 6900: 6875: 6848: 6830: 6812: 6795: 6756: 6738: 6722: 6676: 6658: 6633: 6615: 6563: 6536: 6515: 6497: 6478: 6435: 6421: 6393: 6375: 6353: 6339: 6321: 6303: 6226: 6208: 6190: 6158: 6128: 6102: 6075: 6039: 6012: 5994: 5976: 5937: 5900: 5882: 5864: 5846: 5819: 5801: 5783: 5757: 5739: 5721: 5703: 5681: 5654: 5627: 5609: 5591: 5574: 5557: 5539: 5512: 5496: 5478: 5420: 5403: 5387: 5370: 5344: 5326: 5308: 5290: 5272: 5203: 5176: 5161: 5128: 5102: 5025: 4990: 4964: 4946: 4928: 4901: 4874: 4856: 4838: 4822: 4795: 4777: 4761: 4744:Jane's Major Companies of Europe 4714:. Century Business. p. 35. 4651:Jane's Major Companies of Europe 4517: 4467: 4450:Jane's Major Companies of Europe 4344: 4296: 3506:. Vol. 5. 1955. p. 33. 2822:. Vol. 1. 2000. p. 23. 1858:"The Great Universal Stores PLC" 1629:Finance and credit data business 1523: 1516:Sunlight Holidays purchased 1962 1505:Travel Agents and Tour Companies 1248:Weaver to Weaver purchased 1955. 1188:R. W. Pritchard (Shephards Bush) 762: 417:; In 1977 the business of Henry 215: 214: 195: 194: 175: 174: 7063:Kenneth D. George, ed. (1988). 5747:"British Shopping Developments" 5468:"More Mergers, Diversification" 5262:"GUS plans South African float" 4201: 4163: 4053:"Obituary: Herman Martyn MBE". 3997: 3972: 3946: 3892: 3875: 3850: 3630:Agenda: Co-operative Management 3274: 3234: 3216: 3200: 3182: 3109: 3091: 3075: 2987: 2925: 2907: 2880: 2862: 2708: 2616: 2598: 2571: 2553: 2514: 2489: 2482:Parliamentary Papers, Volume 35 2441: 2402: 2193: 2176: 2151: 2125: 2107: 2095:Adeney, Martin (17 June 2010). 2067: 2052: 1723:(formerly owned and founded by 1618:Rank Bush Murphy purchased 1978 1606:Greenlees & Sons (Footwear) 1603:Sherrion (Hosiery and Knitwear) 1594:T.G. Hunt & Sons (Footwear) 1585:W.C. Grace & Sons (Carpets) 1497:Great Clowes Discount Warehouse 1445:Times Furniture purchased 1968. 1421:Baron Furnishers purchased 1947 1376:William Cussons purchased 1962 1316:100,000 Chemises purchased 1972 1283:Hope Brothers purchased 1958. 1003:Mail order catalogues in Europe 789: 539:(Dublin) and Darling & Co. 494:Department stores and Draperies 379:UK mail order catalogues growth 7410:1900 establishments in England 7240:Glave, James (16 March 1998). 6022:Information Systems Management 5664:Sociology of Leisure: A Reader 4999:"Jungle.com folded into Argos" 4625:. Bloomsbury USA. p. 47. 4453:. McGraw-Hill. p. B-138. 3608:Universities & Left Review 3391:Archiseek - Irish Architecture 2449:"A & S Henry & Co Ltd" 2134:Notable Corporate Chronologies 2000: 1959: 1941: 1804: 1634:All Counties Insurance Company 1194:F. Taylor & Sons (Lambeth) 339:Great Universal Stores Limited 314:which continues to exist, and 13: 1: 7194:Cope, Nigel (14 April 1997). 7173:. Credo Books. pp. 3–4. 5809:"Belfast on a shopping spree" 5383:. Vol. 95. p. 3587. 4911:Strategy: Theory and Practice 4197:. 24 August 1962. p. 14. 3592:. 5 February 1969. p. 7. 1770: 1637:General Guarantee for Finance 1555:Victoria Mill purchased 1954. 1513:Overland Tours purchased 1956 1494:Art Wallpapers purchased 1958 1488: 1427:Jackson Stores purchased 1949 1424:Smart Brothers purchased 1948 1236:Rego Clothiers purchased 1954 872:2000s divestment and demerger 781:Travel & holiday business 730:Forst's Ltd. (purchased 1955) 7299:P. Bonner, L. Aston (1998). 7129:"Argos owner sells business" 7095:Moody's International Manual 6595:Jefferies, James. B (2011). 6082:Elizabeth Mays, ed. (2001). 5472:Hotel & Motel Management 3858:"Houndsditch,City of London" 3733:"Great Universal Stores Ltd" 3141:Havenhand, Greville (1970). 2855:Moody's International Manual 2650:. Northumberland University. 1570:Universal Furniture Products 1311:Clothing retailers in Europe 1245:Scotch House purchased 1955. 963:Samuel Driver purchased 1938 7: 4887:. Vol. 5. p. 69. 4846:"Scope for home deliveries" 4077:. Hutchinson. p. 118. 2915:"Mail Order in Netherlands" 2079:The Manchester Evening News 1758: 1754:– a credit reporting agency 1655:Direct Marketing Technology 1612:Bollington Textile Printers 1280:Hector Powe purchased 1958. 1277:Neville Reed purchased 1957 1165:W. Brydson & Co (Perth) 993:Innovations purchased 1997 972:Bollin House purchased 1961 842:Manchester Building Society 826:Whiteaway, Laidlaw & Co 652:Thorn Electrical Industries 588:Early Do it yourself stores 10: 7436: 6887:Treorchy Sewing Enterprise 6623:"Records & Statistics" 6085:Handbook of Credit Scoring 5525:. Routledge. p. 379. 5286:. 21 June 1987. p. 2. 4908:Martin Kornberger (2021). 4791:. Vol. 221–226. 1976. 4684:. Routledge. p. 336. 4237:"Associated British Foods" 3929:Survey of London: Woolwich 2937:Retail Trade International 2820:Retail Trade International 1597:Munn and Felton (Footwear) 1510:Globe Tours purchased 1956 1233:John Temple purchased 1954 1197:J. T. Nottidge (Islington) 1159: 809:Connswater Shopping Centre 714:The businesses included: 325: 96:(Financial services; 2006) 7219:. John Wiley & Sons. 6688:Sir Maurice Arnold Nathan 6641:"Waring, J S (1850-1900)" 6543:Katrina Honeyman (2000). 6067:"COMPANY NEWS IN BRIEF". 5634:Todd M. Endelman (2002). 5317:"Wolfson and Colonialism" 4808:. Springer. p. 155. 4619:Mount, Ferdinand (2021). 4547:. 1967. pp. 438–442. 4351:Katrina Honeyman (2000). 2970:Turning Houses into Homes 2933:"6.5.6 Distance Shopping" 2837:Major Companies of Europe 2549:. No. 275–286. 1981. 2388:. Elsevier. p. 157. 1121:Butterfield and Massies ( 990:John Myers purchased 1981 981:John Noble purchased 1971 458:Furniture business growth 383:Great Universal acquired 226: 206: 186: 182:7,262 million (2006) 170: 148: 111: 103: 80: 70: 62: 54: 46: 37: 7167:Smith, Corey. P (2013). 6746:"Great Universal Stores" 6627:Records & Statistics 6571:"Great Universal Stores" 5909:International Management 5450:International Management 5211:"Great Universal Stores" 4864:"Great Universal Stores" 4678:Morris, Richard (2018). 4386:International Management 4258:"Great Universal Stores" 3344:"Great Universal Stores" 3282:"Great Universal Stores" 3224:"Great Universal Stores" 3061:"Great Universal Stores" 2893:. Springer. p. 97. 2742:. 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Chambers (1973). 2119:Princeton Alumni Weekly 2097:"Lord Wolfson obituary" 1695:Operations 1998 onwards 1671:GT Cheshires & Sons 1582:Commercial Plastics Ltd 1306:Willerby purchased 1968 1182:Rees Howell (Glamorgan) 1107:Houndsditch Warehouse ( 749:Wolfson College, Oxford 597:Grocery retail business 547:in 1958 and Beavans in 222:595 million (2006) 202:654 million (2006) 7098:. 1996. p. 10402. 6670:The Southern Lumberman 6443:"Experian Finance plc" 5689:"Contract Information" 5183:Mendel Kaplan (1986). 4834:. 1976. p. B-109. 4654:. 1977. p. B-98. 4475:Key British Enterprise 4170:Carson, David (1967). 3123:: 19. 10 October 1957. 2522:"S & U Stores Ltd" 2243:10.1098/rsbm.1994.0048 1968:Wolfson of Sunningdale 1643:Whiteaway Laidlaw Bank 1227:Wilsons purchased 1947 1145:Pyne Brothers (London) 1046:London House (Newport) 894:Great Universal Stores 866:Thomas H. Lee Partners 838:Whiteaway Laidlaw Bank 568:, Garrett & Co of 470: 353:. 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