GUS (retailer)
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GUS plc war ein Einzelhandelsunternehmen, ehemals gelistet an der London Stock Exchange im FTSE 100, aus Großbritannien. GUS plc hatte seinen Hauptsitz in London und beschäftigte 2004 rund 55.000 Mitarbeiter.Die Firma des Unternehmens ist eine Abkürzung für Great Universal Stores (Firma bis 2001). Das Unternehmen hatte bis Oktober 2006 folgende verschiedene Unternehmensbereiche:
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GUS plc was an FTSE 100 retailing, manufacturing and financial conglomerate based in the United Kingdom. GUS was an abbreviation of Great Universal Stores, the company's name before 2001, while it was also known as the Glorious Gussies amongst stockbrokers. The company started out as Universal Stores, a mail order business created by the Rose family. In 1931, Isaac Wolfson joined the mail order company and would, through a series of takeovers, turn it into a retail, manufacturing and financial conglomerate, becoming Europe's biggest mail order firm and with over 2,700 physical stores. His son, Leonard Wolfson, followed him as chairman, to be succeeded by his nephews David Wolfson (1996–2000) and Victor Barnett (2000–2002). During the 1980s, the business divested much of its physical retail
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GUS plc
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GUS (retailer)
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GUS plc
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GUS plc
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1122559642
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2006-10-10
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1900
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Retail
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John Peace
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David Wolfson,
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Leonard Wolfson,
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Sir Victor Blank ,
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Victor Barnett,
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London, England
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GUS plc logo.png
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Clothing
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Footwear
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Furniture
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GUS plc war ein Einzelhandelsunternehmen, ehemals gelistet an der London Stock Exchange im FTSE 100, aus Großbritannien. GUS plc hatte seinen Hauptsitz in London und beschäftigte 2004 rund 55.000 Mitarbeiter.Die Firma des Unternehmens ist eine Abkürzung für Great Universal Stores (Firma bis 2001). Das Unternehmen hatte bis Oktober 2006 folgende verschiedene Unternehmensbereiche:
* HRG - Die Home Retail Group mit den Unterbereichen
* : Anbieter von Karten zum Einkauf, wie die Argos Card, und von Argos Versicherungsprodukten
* (früher zugehörig zum Unternehmen British American Tobacco):die größte Einzehandelsunternehmen im Katalogversand
* Experian: eine Agentur zur Kreditprüfung
* (früher zugehörig zum Unternehmen J Sainsbury)
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GUS plc was an FTSE 100 retailing, manufacturing and financial conglomerate based in the United Kingdom. GUS was an abbreviation of Great Universal Stores, the company's name before 2001, while it was also known as the Glorious Gussies amongst stockbrokers. The company started out as Universal Stores, a mail order business created by the Rose family. In 1931, Isaac Wolfson joined the mail order company and would, through a series of takeovers, turn it into a retail, manufacturing and financial conglomerate, becoming Europe's biggest mail order firm and with over 2,700 physical stores. His son, Leonard Wolfson, followed him as chairman, to be succeeded by his nephews David Wolfson (1996–2000) and Victor Barnett (2000–2002). During the 1980s, the business divested much of its physical retail and manufacturing subsidiaries under Leonard Wolfson to concentrate on mail order, property and finance. In October 2006, the company was split into two separate companies: Experian which continues to exist, and Home Retail Group which was bought by Sainsbury's in 2016.
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2006-10-10
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Demerged
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1900