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Edinburgh Woollen Mill has bought 77 Rosebys curtains stores out of administration, securing the future of 495 jobs. 07-Nov-2008 Rosebys, the homewares retailer currently in administration, has closed its distribution centre in Selby with the loss of 87 jobs, and a further 186 jobs have been lost with the closure of 31 stores. 13-Oct-2008 Rosebys has bought four Zoom The Loom soft furnishings stores out of administration. 11-Oct-2007 Rosebys, the Rotherham-based chain of home furnishings stores, is to shed an unspecified number of head office jobs, in order to transfer some of its buying, IT and accounts work to parent company GHCL in India. 08-May-2007 Rosebys, the chain of 300 home furnishings stores, is expected to be acquired by GHCL of India for up to £27m. 26-Jun-2006 Rosebys, the chain of over 300 home furnishings stores, has secured £10m from its venture capital backers to support its three-year business plan. 16-May-2006 Rosebys is in takeover talks with Harveys Furnishing, which could lead to the conversion of Harveys' 80 town centre stores into the Rosebys or Knightingales format. 13-Jun-2000 Rosebys is to change its name to Homestyle Group, in order to reflect its emphasis on the retailing of furniture and household textiles. 07-Mar-2000 Rosebys has bought 270 Fads and Homebase stores from the Alchemy venture capital group for £15m, and the outlets will be rebranded under the Rosebys and Benson's Beds formats. 06-Nov-1999 Rosebys has bought three stores in Eastbourne, Winchester and Sheffield from Fabric Warehouse for £0.5m. 28-Sep-1999 Rosebys has bought four out-of-town stores from Fabric Warehouse for £2.9m, giving it new sites in Southampton, Weybridge, Aylesbury and Poole. 13-Aug-1999 Rosebys is acquiring 16 Fabric Warehouse shops for £5m, as part of a strategy to focus its furnishings retailing business on larger out-of-town outlets. 15-Jul-1999 Rosebys is to open two out-of-town shops combining its Rosebys household furnishings and Bensons beds, and further stores could follow if the idea succeeds. 14-Aug-1997 Rosebys has acquired Bensons, the bed retailer, for up to £25m. 27-Feb-1997 Rosebys has bought 13 stores from Knightingales, the discount retailer, for about £3m. 05-Dec-1995
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