allied carpets beds::It also has some high street stores allied carpets beds

allied carpets beds

allied carpets beds

allied carpets beds::It also has some high street stores.
It is the secondlargest retailer of carpets in the uk.
In the late 1950s, a warehouse was opened in birmingham.
In 1974, a head office was opened in.
In 1978, it was bought by the group.
In 1980, curtains were introduced.
In december 1983, it opened its first two outoftown stores in and.
Beds were introduced in 1984.
In 1985, the company was rebranded as just allied.
A contracts division and an insurance replacement division were started in that year, and products were first sold.
By 1989, the company had over 180 shops and the company changed its name to the allied maples group ltd.
Carpetland traded as carpetland carpet centres ltd, and had financially collapsed in 1990 then had a management buyout in august 1991 which resulted in the company having 85 stores.
At the time of the allied sale, it had about half as many stores as allied.
The company after the sale had about 250 stores.
The allied head office in west bromwich was closed in march 1994.
The upholstery part of the company was closed and it just sold carpets.
The company also owned carpetland.
This came from the practice of recording sales when they had been made, instead of after the carpets had been fitted.
The managing director, ray nethercott, resigned in april 1999.
At the same time tsm bought of , germany, who also own.
In 2001 it opened thirty more outoftown stores.
Allied was one of several high profile chains to fall into receivership during the.
The store has since been taken over by.
The other products are beds, and and curtains.
It is near the junction of the a208 and a224.
In scotland, it runs the general george brand of shops.