11 Facts About Allders

Allders was an independent department store operating in the United Kingdom.

Allders's shop was diverse, with special offers on silk dresses and a morning dress section, and departments offering lower-cost items such as buttons and ribbons.

Allders supported greater rights for his workers, being instrumental in getting local stores closed for a half-day on Wednesdays.

Allders continued to expand, reaching £1 million turnover in 1958 and £3 million by 1963.

In 1983 the Lyons family sold the UDS Group to Hanson plc and Allders became a flagship company of the group, with Lord Hanson appearing on Allders' roof in TV adverts.

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Allders expanded with new stores opening in Basildon and Chatham and in many international airports as duty-free concessions.

In September 1996 Allders purchased a number of department stores from the Owen Owen group that traded under the Lewis's and Owen Owen names.

In 1997 Allders acquired the bankrupt Maples furniture brand and seven of its retail outlets.

Shares in Allders crashed in 1998 after disappointing sales and difficulties integrating the Maples furniture group.

The land and store that Allders leased had regular break clauses to the benefit of the "virtual freehold leaseholder" held by Minerva plc subsidiary companies for 250 years.

In 2018 Allders purchased the rights to the Co-op Department Store in Paisley at the Paisley Centre and set up a department store on three floors.