Homebase facts for kids
| Limited company Subsidiary |
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| Industry | Retail / Home improvement |
| Founded | 1979 (as Sainsbury's Homebase) |
| Headquarters | Milton Keynes Buckinghamshire |
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Number of locations
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255 stores (United Kingdom) 15 stores (Ireland) |
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Key people
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Peter Davis (Managing Director) Rodney Boys (Finance Director) |
| Products | |
| Revenue | £1.4679 billion (2013–14) |
| Parent | Wesfarmers |
Homebase is a British home improvement retailer and garden centre in the United Kingdom. Its main offices are in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England.
As of December 2016, Homebase has 255 shops in the United Kingdom.
History
It was founded by the supermarket chain Sainsbury's and Belgian retailer GB-Inno-BM in 1979, as Sainsbury's Homebase.
In December 2000, Sainsbury's sold the Homebase chain.
In November 2002, Homebase was sold again, to GUS plc, where it became part of Argos Retail Group (later renamed as Home Retail Group).
In January 2016 it was announced that Australian retailer Wesfarmers would acquire Homebase. The transfer of ownership to Wesfarmers took place on 27 February 2016.
Images for kids
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A Homebase branch incorporating a branch of Argos in Moor Allerton, Leeds. In 2014, Home Retail Group began creating hybrid branches, within formerly solely Homebase branches.
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Bunnings Warehouse, Worle, in 2018 – a Homebase store converted under Wesfarmers' ownership
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Homebase in Antrim, Northern Ireland (2009)
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A former Homebase outlet in Longford, Ireland (May 2007), closed in July 2015
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