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N Brown N Brown is planning to create about 150 jobs at its home shopping business in Greater Manchester this year, in order to expand its IT, marketing, buying and distribution operations. 01-May-2008 N Brown, the home shopping group, is to sell its Zendor fulfilment subsidiary to GSI Luxembourg for £3.8m. 03-Dec-2007 N Brown has acquired Gray & Osbourn, the catalogue retailer with sites in Sheffield and Peterborough, for £8.2m. 04-Jul-2006 N Brown, the home shopping group, has sold its personal loans business to an unnamed buyer for £10m. 10-Jun-2005 N Brown is to sell Teleview, its Leigh-based television rental business with almost 100 staff, to Martin Dawes of Warrington for £6.3m. 24-May-2005 N Brown is considering plans to launch a chain of shoe shops under the Shoe Tailor fascia, depending on the success of a trial in Harrogate. 07-Feb-2005 N Brown has acquired House of Bath, the gift catalogue, for £1.1m, in order to expand its home shopping business. 04-Nov-2004 N Brown is said to be planning to launch a TV shopping channel in partnership with Northern & Shell. 26-Apr-2004 N Brown is combining its Zendor and Eunite divisions onto a single site in Manchester, in order to offer a one-stop shop for online retailers, including software, warehousing and logistics. 15-Jul-2002 N Brown, the catalogue retailer, is planning to create 500 call centre jobs at an undisclosed location in Manchester early next year, while a further 500 jobs will be relocated from its existing site in Dale Street. 06-Jul-2001 N Brown is planning to link up with Adams to launch its first children's clothing catalogue. 11-May-2001 N Brown has acquired a 60% stake in Eunite, the Manchester-based e-commerce company, for £6.8m, and more than 100 jobs will be created over the next three years. 16-Aug-2000 N Brown is forming a joint venture with GE Capital of the US to develop its Zendor.com internet shopping business, which will provide services such as warehousing, distribution, call centres and customer care. 08-Feb-2000 N Brown is forming an alliance with AHL Services of the US to carry out e-commerce planning and delivery for rival retailers. 01-Dec-1999 N Brown, the mail order company, is launching a new service called Zendor that will provide logistical back-up to other retailers offering internet sites. 08-Oct-1999 N Brown is launching its clothing catalogue on the internet, and is also looking at opportunities in interactive TV and the possibility of acquisitions in its electronic commerce division. 07-May-1999 N Brown, the mail order company, is planning to offer individual savings accounts to its customers next year, and is in talks with financial service providers about developing a suitable product. 22-Oct-1998 Hercules Property Services has acquired Dunlop Heywood of Manchester from N Brown for £5m, which will give it a better balance of commercial and residential property work. 11-Sep-1998 N Brown is said to be considering a second approach to acquire Freemans, the catalogue retailer. 07-May-1998 N Brown has pulled out of talks to acquire the Freemans mail order business from Sears, and Sears is said to have re-entered talks with Littlewoods. 27-Mar-1997 N Brown, the mail order concern, is looking to expand with a big acquisition, and also wants to decrease its reliance on catalogues for older women. 15-Aug-1996 N Brown says it is still interested in buying Littlewoods' mail order business, despite last year's failed attempt. 10-May-1996 N Brown, the mail order concern, and Iceland the retailer have launched a £1.1bn bid for Littlewoods, the retailer and football pools company. 04-Dec-1995 N Brown is to publish 3 or 4 mini mail order catalogues so that it can respond quicker to changes in weather. 13-Oct-1995 The information above comes from the UK Activity Report Copyright UK Business Park 1995-2008