Company type | Private company |
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Industry | Retail |
Genre | Department store |
Founded | 1882 |
Founder | John James Fenwick |
Headquarters | , |
Number of locations | 8 |
Key people | John Edgar (Chief Executive) |
Owner | Fenwick Family |
Website | www.fenwick.co.uk |
Fenwick (/ˈfɛnɪk/) is a British chain of department stores in the United Kingdom. It was founded in 1882 by John James Fenwick in Newcastle upon Tyne, and currently has nine branches. It was a member of the International Association of Department Stores from 1988 to 2010.
As of 2022, the chain is still owned by members of the Fenwick family. The company was chaired by Mark Fenwick until 2017 with Simon Calver appointed as chair in 2021. John Edgar was appointed as CEO of Fenwick in April 2020. In 2012, the Newcastle Chronicle reported that the company was valued at £452 million.[1]