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Index (retailer) Index was a catalogue retailer in the United Kingdom, that was owned by Littlewoods from 1985 until 2005. Many Index stores were attached to Littlewoods stores. It was a well known retailer in the 1980s and the 1990s, but sales declined in the noughties and it lost many customers to its main rival, Argos .
Brand Image Founded / Came to UK Owner # of shops Notes B & M: 1978 B&M European Value Retail S.A. 800+ The business was founded by Malcolm Billington as Billington & Mayman and the first store opened in Cleveleys, England, in 1978 and was acquired by Simon and Bobby Arora from Phildrew Investments in December 2004
Blakemore Retail. 1917. Privately owned. UK's largest family owned operator of convenience shops; operate as a member of Spar UK. Took on a number of My Local shops after the collapse of the chain. Budgens. 1872. Tesco ( Booker Group ) Symbol group in England and Wales founded in 1872.
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In the United Kingdom, the Retail Prices Index or Retail Price Index[ 1] ( RPI) is a measure of inflation published monthly by the Office for National Statistics. It measures the change in the cost of a representative sample of retail goods and services . As the RPI was held not to meet international statistical standards, since 2013, the ...
The food retail market has been dominated by the 'big four' supermarkets – Tesco, Sainsbury's, Asda and Morrisons – who made up over three quarters of sector market share in 2010. Tesco is the largest retailer in Great Britain, with a market share of 27.5% at the end of 2022. [ a][ 1] However, discounters Lidl and Aldi have grown rapidly. [ 1]
The FTSE 100 Index with its 100 constituents [10] was launched on 3 January 1984. [10] [9] The market capitalisation weighted FTSE 100 index replaced the price-weighted FT30 Index as the performance benchmark for most investors. [11] The FTSE 100 broadly consists of the largest 100 qualifying UK companies by full market value. [12]
Dunelm Group plc, trading as Dunelm, is a British home furnishings retailer operating in the United Kingdom. One of the largest homeware retailers in the UK, the company headquarters are in Syston, England. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. [ 2] Until 2013 the company traded as Dunelm Mill.[ 3]