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| Homebase | |
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| Company type | Limited company Subsidiary |
| Industry | Retail / home improvement |
| Founded | 1979 (as Sainsbury's Homebase) |
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Number of locations | United Kingdom: 152[1] Republic of Ireland: 11[2] (March 2020) |
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| Products | |
| Brands | Bathstore |
| Revenue | £3.2 million profit (2019) |
| Owner | Norton Group Holdings |
Number of employees | 6,600+ (2019) |
| Website | homebase |
| Footnotes / references [3] | |
HHGL Limited,[4][3] trading as Homebase, is a British home improvement retailer and garden centre trading in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Founded by Sainsbury's and GB-Inno-BM in 1979, the company was owned by Home Retail Group from October 2006, until it was sold to the Australian conglomerate Wesfarmers in January 2016.
Wesfarmers' management was not a success, and in August 2018, the business was sold to restructuring firm Hilco for £1. Subsequently, Hilco announced that it would close 42 of the chain's stores, and cut 1,500 jobs through a company voluntary arrangement, in an attempt to return it to profitability. By February 2020, Homebase had 164 outlets, and was again profitable, with Hilco listing the retailer for sale in November 2020.
In November 2024, Homebase collapsed into administration. Norton Group Holdings, owner of The Range and Wilko, acquired the brand and 75 of the 130 stores, to be converted to The Range fascia, with Homebase continuing as an online brand.
- ^ "Store locator". Homebase. Archived from the original on 17 March 2020.
- ^ "Irish Stores". Homebase. Archived from the original on 14 January 2019.
- ^ a b "HHGL LIMITED overview". Companies House. 8 May 1954. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
- ^ "Terms & Conditions". Homebase. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
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