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Allders Bhs is to transform ten former Allders stores into furniture and home fittings outlets, including sites in Aylesford, Chester, Chichester, Guildford, Handforth Dean, Knaresborough, Leeds Kirkstall, Lincoln, Northampton and York. 15-Feb-2005 Debenhams is to buy eight department stores from Allders, including sites in Portsmouth, Slough, Clapham, Basildon, Sutton, Woking, Chatham and Ilford. 14-Feb-2005 Allders, the department store group currently in administration, is to shed 130 jobs at its head office in Croydon. 02-Feb-2005 Allders, the chain of 45 department stores, has been put up for sale by Minerva. 08-Dec-2004 Allders, the department store group, has received a preliminary takeover approach, thought to be from property developer Minerva. 22-Nov-2002 Allders has agreed to acquire the Bentalls department store in Lakeside, Thurrock, from Fenwick for £5.2m. 02-May-2002 Allders is planning a £8.7m refurbishment of the Arding & Hobbs department store in Clapham Junction, and will sell 10,000 sq ft of space to Persimmon for £4m for the development of residential flats. 04-Apr-2002 Allders is to shed about 100 head office and backroom jobs in order to increase the focus on customers in its department stores. 18-Mar-2002 Allders, the department store group, has announced a £30m deal to outsource its IT operations to Computer Sciences Corporation, and its Croydon-based data centre will gradually transfer to CSC in Bristol. 25-Feb-2002 Allders has agreed to take the anchor department store at the £170m Drakes Circus shopping centre in Plymouth, which is due to open in 2005. 18-Feb-2002 Allders is planning to open up to 20 smaller home furnishings stores over the next four years. 29-Nov-2001 Allders is planning to open a new department store at a former C&A site on London's Oxford Street next year. 10-Sep-2001 Allders has identified about 120 suitable sites to open new stores, including 50 department stores, 50 smaller stores and 20 out-of-town furniture stores. 23-Apr-2001 Allders is to open a department store in Leicester this summer and three home furnishing stores at former C&A outlets in the spring. 26-Jan-2001 Allders is planning to expand its chain of department stores by increasing floor space by 40% over the next five years, which will involve adding about 1m sq ft. 28-Nov-2000 Allders has acquired four former C&A stores in York, Kingston, Leicester and Guildford. 23-Oct-2000 Allders has sold its Croydon department store to property company Minerva for £50m, in preparation for the construction of a new store at the Park Place complex. 23-Feb-2000 Allders has agreed to sell its Croydon department store to Minerva for £50m, in order to help defend against any hostile takeover bids. 02-Dec-1999 House of Fraser is considering plans to bid for Allders, the rival department store group. 14-Sep-1999 Allders is launching an online auction catalogue in partnership with Loot and National Tender of Israel, offering discounts on products such as household appliances, cars and holidays. 21-Aug-1999 Allders is forming a joint venture with Loot to launch an auction-based catalogue that will enable people to bid for consumer products. 29-May-1999 Allders is planning to open two new At Home furnishing stores in Chester and Chichester, creating around 150 jobs. 28-May-1998 Allders has bought eight department stores from Owen Owen for £24m. 02-Sep-1996 Allders is in discussions to buy up to ten department stores from Owen Owen. 05-Aug-1996 Allders, the retailer, has agreed to sell its duty-free business to Swissair for £160m, thus ending the attempt by BAA to buy the business. 08-Jun-1996 LVMH of France has acquired a minority stake in Allders, the department store company, but denies it is planning to launch a bid. 10-Jan-1996 More from the Retailing sector Related pages: Asda Artigiano Woolworths Co-operative Group Littlewoods Allders website: www.allders.com The information on this page comes from the UK Activity Report. Click here for further details Copyright UK Business Park 1995-2008