The Range (retailer)

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The Range
Industry Retail
Founded 1989[1]
Headquarters United Kingdom
Key people
 Chris Dawson (Founder & CEO)
Products Home, garden and leisure products
Number of employees
 2,600 (2006)
Website www.therange.co.uk
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The Range, Tulip Retail Park, Leeds (2007)
The Range, Andover (2006)

The Range is a British home, garden and leisure retail chain, with currently over 100 stores in the United Kingdom.

History

In 1980, Chris Dawson started business, as an open air market trader in South West England. The Range opened its first store in 1989, on Billacombe Road, Plymouth under the name CDS Superstores.[1] In 2009, The Range was ranked 121st on The Sunday Times, PricewaterhouseCoopers Top Track, and 250 League Table of the United Kingdom's fastest growing companies. Dawson was ranked fifth in Management Today's seventh annual survey of Britain's Top 100 Entrepreneurs.

In November 2013, it was announced that The Range planned to open 40 stores in the period of 2013–2016.[2] In May 2015, a new store in Loughborough opened.[3]

In February 2015, The Range opened its 100th store, in Beacon Park, Plymouth. Chris Dawson, the chain's billionaire owner plans to open 1,000 store across Europe. [4]

References

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