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History The original 'Debenham & Freebody' store was based at number 33 Wigmore Street, London. This site is still used by the company and houses its communications departments, including their Press Office. Wigmore Street is a London street which runs for about 600 yards parallel to Oxford Street from Portman Square to Cavendish Square. ...
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The modern Debenhams group grew from the acquisition of department stores in towns and cities throughout the UK, through its chairman Ernest Debenham. The first of such purchases, Marshall & Snelgrove in Oxford Street, London was acquired in 1919. Later purchases included stores such as Harvey Nichols in London's Knightsbridge and Browns of Chester. Most stores retained their former identities until a unified corporate image was rolled out across the stores. Sir Ernest Ridley Debenham, 1st Baronet (26 May 1865-25 December 1952), was a British businessman. ...
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Debenhams was listed on the London Stock Exchange in 1928 and continued to expand. In 1985 the company was acquired by the Burton group. At this point the company owned 65 stores. Debenhams demerged in 1998 and was once again listed as a separate company. The Source by Greyworld, in the new LSE building Paternoster Square. ...
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Like many companies of this type Debenhams had some hard times. In 1997, however, Belinda Earl, who had previously worked for the company, returned to become its Chief Executive. She and Spencer Hawken introduced "Designers at Debenhams" which brought a variety of well known fashion talents to the stores at affordable prices, shaking off the dated perception of the company.
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In 2002 the Nectar loyalty card was introduced with Debenhams as a major sponsor. This card now allows customers to collect loyalty points from a range of retailers such as Sainsbury's, BP, Beefeater and Ford amongst others. Despite some criticism, the Debenhams Account Card is still a major source of revenue for the company ensuring customer loyalty and targeted mailings. The Nectar loyalty card is a loyalty card scheme in the United Kingdom issued by a partnership of suppliers including the supermarket chain Sainsburys, the credit card American Express, the department store chain Debenhams and the petrol distributors BP. It was launched in the autumn of 2002, and now...
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Debenhams also offers 'Debenhams Wedding Gift Service', where couples can create their wedding gift lists, from which guests can buy. In addition to the consumer website where customers can purchase goods online, the company now offers 'Debenhams To You', a service where goods can be ordered over the telephone, either from the customer's home or through a special in-store telephone, and delivered direct to the customer.
Selected Debenhams stores offer a personal shopping service. This is a service requiring an appointment, made either over the telephone, or in store. The personal shopper is trained to look at the requirements of the individual customer and with an appeciation of current trends and broad knowledge of Debenhams product ranges advises the customer and selects items on their behalf.
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Debenhams was voted 8th 'most favourably viewed brand' by 'Marketing Magazine' in 2006.
The store has been trialling a compact version called 'Desire by Debenhams' which is mainly aimed at the female market with clothing ranges by 'Designers at Debenhams' and cosmetics.
Aside from department stores, Debenhams operates a number of other divisions, including 'Debenhams Finance' (offering home, car and travel insurance and bureau de change services) and 'Debenhams Mobile' (offering mobile phones).
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Underlying sales performance has been poorer than expected following the company's recent return to the stockmarket led by Rob Templeman. The existing final salary pension scheme is to be axed following 'financial strain' on the company.
Recent financial problems and profit warning Debenhams was controversially acquired by Baroness retail in 2003. The previous chief executive, Belinda Earl had earned a reputed £5 million as a result of this sell off. The new owners transferred their acquisition debt to the store chain's balance sheets. The company had been steadily posting bad trading results for a while.
A controversy is now reaching a crescendo, as Europe’s top buy-out executives have been hauled in front of legislators in the UK to defend the industry as part of a parliamentary inquiry. The buy-out industry itself has tried to deflect mounting criticism by appointing Sir David Walker, formerly of Morgan Stanley, to review the industry’s transparency and implement a code of conduct for buy-out groups, replete with threats to “name and shame” transgressors.
In this heated environment, Debenhams has been seized on as a textbook case of what can go wrong in a private equity deal. “We are the whipping boys of private equity,” Rob Templeman, Mr Lovering’s fast-talking chief executive, told the Financial Times. He said bad weather, weak fashion trends and interest rate rises had hurt performance. It was not, he insisted, a fall-out from the actions he took when Debenhams was private – pointing out that the clothing market was tough for many retailers.
But one private equity veteran disagrees. “They tried to present it in the best possible light, that there was sustainability to what was being done [to Debenhams] ... But that is what the market got wrong.”
Back in 2003, when London-born Mr Templeman and his backers won a protracted battle to take control of the 103-store chain, few doubted that the retail executive would add it to his list of success stories. He had fought hard to acquire Debenhams, a company founded in 1813 when Thomas Clark and William Debenham opened a store in London’s Wigmore Street. TPG and its partners eventually paid £1.7bn – a 37 per cent premium to the pre-buy-out share price.
The deal came on the back of two successful private equity deals for Mr Templeman: Homebase and Halfords. Both were turned around quickly. The do-it-yourself chain was sold 20 months after it was bought, while the Halfords bicycle and car parts retail business was floated in even less time.
Debenhams seemed the perfect target. It had property that could be sold to raise money and strong cash flow. There was scope to squeeze suppliers and adopt more aggressive trading tactics. “The business had good management and solid growth,” recalls one private equity investor. Another buy-out executive had a different view, however. “But it was not being managed to the full potential in store growth, international expansion and through the ‘Designers at Debenhams’ fashion lines. We thought, from outside the business, we could do more.”
Handed the keys in December 2003, Mr Templeman did not wait to unveil changes. Belinda Earl quit as chief executive as new managers swept in. Sleeves rolled up, his plan was simple: to improve cash management, cut costs, increase sales and expand margins – standard operating procedure to improve the fortunes of a retail business.
One of his first tasks was to reorganise the retailer’s debt. To pay for Debenhams, the private equity backers had put up £606m in equity and £1.1bn in debt, which was put on Debenham’s balance sheet. Interest rates were at their lowest level in nearly half a century, making it easier to borrow large sums of money.
Immediately after the acquisition, Debenhams’ net debt was £1.4bn – about nine times the annual trading profit. It needed to pay down the more expensive short-term loans, so it did two things. It re-mortgaged some of the stores, which provided access to cheaper financing of about £400m of debt. Next, it raised £325m from the bond markets – in two tranches – to replace more expensive loans. This also meant that the company could pay its new owners a dividend of £130m within months of the takeover.
Mr Templeman also had to squeeze more efficiencies out of business, and he did: cash flow more than tripled from £87.7m in 2002-2003 to £286.4m in the year to August 2004. This was used to help pay down net debt, which was reduced by £537m to £856m by August 2004.
But the way he did this was controversial: in addition to cutting costs, Debenhams began slashing prices on slow-moving goods, which some critics argue did long-term harm by eroding the brand. In the first months Debenhams offloaded £30m of inventory that was sitting in warehouses by holding sales. “In our view, if stock is not selling at full price it is better for margins to reduce it during that season. If you are not selling it in June, mark it down in June. If you are selling it in January for 70-80 per cent off, you are financing that stock for six months,” says Mr Templeman.
But more frequent discounting began to affect the stores’ image. “Debenhams has moved to a ‘clear as you go’ trading strategy,” wrote Bridgewell, the investment bank, last October. This had “given the stores a more promotional feel”. Instead of an emporium, Debenhams began to feel more like a bazaar.
In 2006-07, Debenhams was holding sales 16 weeks of the year, according to information given to analysts at a store visit in June. That compares with eight weeks for Marks and Spencer, six weeks at John Lewis, its closest rival, and five to six weeks at Next.
Suppliers felt the change too. Within a month of his arrival, Mr Templeman was renegotiating contracts. He began moving payment dates – by 2005 they had gone from an average of 27 days after delivery to 60 – and demanded additional discounts from some. That helped bring about the £100m improvement in cash flow in the first year of ownership.
By waiting longer to be paid for goods, suppliers were providing increasing amounts of finance to Debenhams. According to the Collins Stewart’s Quest model, a business analysis tool, Debenhams had “best-in-class performance” when it came to keeping hold of money owed to suppliers. The amount it owed to suppliers went up from £60.3m in 2001 to £196m five years later.
Mr Templeman cut suppliers in order to demand better terms with a core group. It all helped operating margins, which grew 3.8 percentage points under private ownership to 15.8 per cent.
He also began to implement deep cost-cutting. In the first year, head office staff were cut by 12 per cent (in part because Debenhams closed its catalogue business). When Debenhams returned re-listed, overall headcount was down by nearly 1,000 – despite opening 17 new stores.
The savings were not painless. Senior staff started to defect. One former Debenhams executive said that the atmosphere had changed: “Their attitude was like ‘you lot at Debs’, it wasn’t like the incumbents were part of the team.” Andrea Warden, who ran the home division, left for Heal’s; Stephanie Chen, head of design, quit for BHS (she now works as head of non-clothing at River Island). Steve Lawton turned up as head of menswear at BHS. Then in 2005, Paul Marchant, Debenhams’ divisional trading director of menswear, womenswear and childrenswear, joined New Look. Debenhams did keep Michael Sharp as chief operating officer and Nigel Palmer as head of stores.
Capital expenditure for new stores fell by 39 per cent to £108 per square foot. Spending on refurbishments was cut 77 per cent to £7 per sq ft. Analysts say the lack of investment – particularly when juxtaposed with Marks and Spencer’s £80-90 per sq ft refit programme – hurt performance.
“The old stores are in an awful condition,” says Richard Ratner, analyst at Seymour Pierce. “In Swindon [to the west of London] the ceiling is not just filthy but the lighting is appalling too, and they are beginning to deal with that, but there must be about 60 stores in that condition.”
Mr Templeman agrees that some stores need refreshing and has put aside £150m for capital expenditure this year, against £100m in Debenhams’ final year of private ownership.
Finally, Mr Templeman raised money by selling some assets, in February 2005 raising £500m from the sale of store properties.
These measures led to impressive results. The chain was growing at a blistering pace – store openings were running at 10 a year – and had a strong and reliable cash flow to borrow against.
Then came the big payday. In the summer of 2005, the company completed a £1.9bn refinancing, paying its shareholders £900m as net debt soared to £1.87bn. In just 18 months, CVC, TPG and Merrill Lynch Private Equity had received an estimated pay-out of more than £1bn, nearly double their combined £600m investment: Debenhams was going down in history as one of Europe’s most lucrative buy-outs.
That autumn, the focus began to shift to exiting the deal. Investment bankers began ringing, telling Debenhams that the IPO window was “pretty good”. The retailer was on song. In the year to September, it had broken the £2bn sales barrier and more than doubled profits. After a good Christmas, Debenhams appointed Citi, Merrill Lynch, Credit Suisse and Morgan Stanley – the four banks that arranged the £1.9bn refinancing – to look at “strategic options”. Within two weeks Citi and Merrill were appointed joint co-ordinators for a flotation and began writing a draft prospectus.
But the strains in the fabric were appearing even as Debenhams embarked on its roadshow. Privately, investors were seeking assurances that Mr Templeman was staying on. And while it was never put in the flotation document, the executive directors promised to stay on for at least three years (confirmation of which was contained in supporting documentation).
“We did look for an assurance at the float that he would stick around,” says one investor. The float succeeded – but only just. At 195p a share, it was at the bottom of the range, valuing the business at £1.68bn. The private equity groups placed £200m in shares, retaining a 35 per cent stake.
Concern was also mounting about the operational outlook. Neil Darke, analyst at Collins Stewart, presciently published a note before the flotation warning that Debenhams might be vulnerable to market downturns. “The point is that [it is] a business denuded of capex, cost, property and working capital, having been run ‘aggressively’ post private ownership. As Homebase [another Templeman-run business] has shown, any operational wobble, be it self-inflicted or market-dictated, resonates down the P&L quite manifestly,” he wrote.
“When Homebase was sold to Argos [the UK general retailer] it was expected to make £100m of profit and it is now making £50m,” points out Tony Shiret of Credit Suisse. “The DIY market has been bad since it returned to market. As for Debenhams, the clothing market has also been difficult and the lack of flexibility on costs post private ownership has been exposed.”
The disparity between what Citi and Merrill presented in the flotation document and the reality of Debenhams’ performance since the float has been a bitter pill. “The investment bankers’ estimates on like-for-likes [sales performance excluding newly opened stores] were clearly wrong,” says one investor.
“Part of the problem is analysing companies that come out of the private equity arena. It is hard to understand pro-forma accounts and what is going on underneath.” In April, Merrill cut its profit forecast for Debenhams from £170m to £135m.
Mr Templeman is toughing it out. He remains adamant the difficulties that have beset Debenhams since it was taken public again have nothing to do with the decisions he took during its private days. “You have to keep it in perspective,” he insists. “We have had one bad season – are we fixing it? Yes.”
Those involved in the deal also argue that the department store chain has a far more aggressive expansion programme, a more efficient supply chain and still has, despite the bumps along the way, a solid management team.
“We misread some of the fashion trends, particularly in menswear. These are seasonal businesses where fashion trends can change quickly,” says Philipe Costeletos, the TPG partner who worked on Debenhams. “We had three successful years during which we gained significant market share. We believe Debenhams will regain some of the lost sales over the next 12 months.”
Mr Templeman will have to spruce up his stores, sort out his products and fix his price architecture to win back customers, sales and drive the share price once more. One rival notes: “The rumour is that they are trying to establish some price integrity, but that takes a long time.”
Others suspect Mr Templeman and Mr Woodhouse would rather make an early exit by returning the business to private hands or selling to a rival operator. Baugur, which owns House of Fraser and has a stake in Debenhams, has said it has no takeover plans. Retail analysts still believe it might seek to marry the two businesses. Meanwhile, Mr Templeman has also held informal talks with KarstadtQuelle, the German department store chain, about a possible international partnership – talks that have, so far, gone nowhere.
Back in Barcelona, Mr Lovering and Jonathan Feuer, the CVC partner behind Debenhams, had stuck to their guns. They had made Debenhams more dynamic and profitable. “All the metrics indicated to us ‘chug, chug, chug’ and that it was not well run,” said Mr Feuer. “We saw opportunities to open a lot more stores.”
But, as one delegate quipped over champagne cocktails that evening, Mr Lovering’s side-stepping of Debenhams’ performance this year was the “elephant in the room”. Private equity justifies itself on its performance, and tends to be scathing of poorly managed companies and weak managements. With private equity under closer scrutiny, the pressure to deliver the promised results is higher than ever – and the tolerance for failure lessened.
Mr Templeman insists he did the right things – but the results to date have been mixed. Unless he can get the share price back to the flotation price, or higher, Debenhams is in danger of being held up not as an example of private equity’s success, but of its failure.
Store format Debenhams stores are currently departmentalized as follows: - Health and Beauty (Cosmetics, Fragrances & Toiletries)
- Womenswear (Designer Women's Clothing, Bridalwear & Lingerie)
- Menswear (Men's Casual Clothing, Sportswear, Formalwear, Men's Accessories, Footwear)
- Fashion Accessories (Handbags, Jewellery, Men's & Women's watches, Women's Footwear)
- Young Fashion (Red Herring, Oasis, Jane Norman, Topshop etc)
- Home (Bedding, Electrical, Furniture, Soft Furnishings, China, Lighting, Luggage & Kitchenware)
- Children's (Children's Clothes, Accessories, Footwear & Toys)
- Food Services (The Restaurant & Cafe Venue in most stores)
- Wedding Services (also known as Celebration)
- Christmas (Toys, Decorations, Noveltys, Chocolate and alcohol) (Usually opens the 1st week of October)
Debenhams stores vary greatly in size from the flagship store in Oxford Street, London to the smaller stores in locations such as Bangor. Some such stores do not have a full range of departments. Oxford Street, with Centre Point in the background Oxford Street in 1875, looking west from the junction with Duke Street. ...
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Part of Debenhams's source of business is concessions. These are 'shops-in-shops' which can be found in most Debenhams stores such as Young Fashion companies 'Oasis' and Ladieswear outlet 'Evans'.
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Online shopping Debenham's website is run by a separate company called Debenhams Direct, which also operates their catalogue shopping service. Not all stock shown on the website will be available in any particular store, and vice versa. Orders placed in store via, for example, the Debenham's Wedding Service may be delivered in part by Debenhams and in part by Debenhams Direct.
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This article is about the British city. ...
This article is about the city in England. ...
For the parliamentary constituency, see Cheltenham (UK Parliament constituency). ...
For other uses, see Coventry (disambiguation). ...
Derby (pronounced dar-bee ) is a city in the East Midlands of England. ...
Map sources for Dudley at grid reference SO9390 Dudley is a town in the West Midlands, England. ...
The Merry Hill Shopping Centre is a shopping centre in Brierley Hill, West Midlands, England. ...
This article is about the city of Gloucester in England; for other uses see Gloucester (disambiguation). ...
Map sources for Hanley at grid reference SJ8847 Disambiguation: Hanley may refer to Hanley, Canada. ...
For other uses, see Hereford (disambiguation). ...
Maylord Shopping Centre is a shopping centre in Hereford, England, jointly operated by Prudential and Herefordshire Council. ...
For other uses, see Ipswich (disambiguation). ...
Kings Lynn is a town and port in the English county of Norfolk. ...
This article discusses Leicester in England. ...
Lincoln (pronounced //) is a cathedral city and county town of Lincolnshire, England. ...
, For other uses, see Mansfield (disambiguation). ...
Norwich (pronounced IPA: ) is a city in East Anglia, in Eastern England. ...
For other uses, see Nottingham (disambiguation). ...
, Nuneaton is the largest town in the English county of Warwickshire, and the borough of Nuneaton and Bedworth. ...
This article is about the city of Oxford in England. ...
Elliston & Cavells was for many years the leading department store in Oxford, England. ...
Redditch is a town and local government district in north-east Worcestershire, England. ...
Stratford-upon-Avon Stratford-upon-Avon is a town in Warwickshire, England. ...
, This article is about the town of Telford, Shropshire. ...
, Walsall is a large industrial town in the West Midlands of England. ...
// Wolverhampton is a City in the historical county of Staffordshire and metropolian county of the West Midlands. ...
This article is about the city of Worcester in England. ...
Look up Yorkshire in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...
Curiositykc 15:34, 9 September 2007 (UTC) For other uses, see Barnsley (disambiguation). ...
For other uses, see Bradford (disambiguation). ...
For other places with the same name, see Doncaster (disambiguation). ...
The Frenchgate Centre is Doncaster towns largest Shopping Centre. ...
, Harrogate is a large town in North Yorkshire, England. ...
Hull or Kingston upon Hull is a British city situated on the north bank of the Humber estuary. ...
Ilkley is a spa town and civil parish in West Yorkshire, in the north of England. ...
Anglia Regional Co-operative Society Limited is the sixth largest co-operative society in the United Kingdom, with diverse operations selling over £300m of goods a year. ...
Keighley (pronounced Keith-ly or ) is a town and civil parish in the county of West Yorkshire, England, northwest of Bradford, on the meeting point of the River Aire and the River Worth. ...
For other uses, see Leeds (disambiguation) and Leeds City (disambiguation). ...
Briggate, Leeds Briggate is a shopping street in Leeds, England. ...
For other uses, see Leeds (disambiguation) and Leeds City (disambiguation). ...
The White Rose Centre is a shopping centre in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. ...
This article is on the English seaside resort. ...
For other uses, see Sheffield (disambiguation). ...
For other uses, see Sheffield (disambiguation). ...
Meadowhall is a large shopping centre located three miles northeast of central Sheffield, England. ...
Skipton is a town in North Yorkshire, England that lies along the River Aire and Leeds and Liverpool Canal. ...
York shown within England Coordinates: , Sovereign state Constituent country Region Yorkshire and the Humber Ceremonial county North Yorkshire Admin HQ York City Centre Founded 71 City Status 71 Government - Type Unitary Authority, City - Governing body City of York Council - Leadership: Leader & Executive - Executive: Liberal Democrat - MPs: Hugh Bayley (L) John...
North-East England is one of the nine official regions of England and comprises the combined area of Northumberland, County Durham, Tyne and Wear and a small part of North Yorkshire. ...
This article is about Gateshead, England. ...
This article is about about the shopping centre in North East England. ...
Middlesborough redirects here. ...
This article is about a city in the United Kingdom. ...
Eldon Square is a shopping centre in Newcastle upon Tyne in the United Kingdom. ...
, South Shields is a coastal town in Tyne and Wear, England, on the south bank of the mouth of the River Tyne, with a population of about 90,000. ...
Stockton-on-Tees is an industrial town and port on the River Tees in north-eastern England. ...
For other uses, see Sunderland (disambiguation). ...
North West England is one of the nine regions of England. ...
Altrincham (pronounced Oltringum) is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford in Greater Manchester, England. ...
Barrow-in-Furness is a town in Cumbria, England. ...
, Blackburn is a large town in Lancashire, England. ...
This article is about the town in England. ...
For the larger local government district, see Metropolitan Borough of Bolton. ...
This article is about the town of Bury in North West England. ...
For other uses, see Carlisle (disambiguation). ...
, For the larger local government district, see Chester (district). ...
Browns is a department store in Chester established in 1780 by Susannah Brown. ...
Map sources for Crewe at grid reference SJ705557 Crewe is a town in south Cheshire, in the north west of England. ...
For other uses, see Liverpool (disambiguation). ...
, Macclesfield is a market town in Cheshire, England with a population of about 50,688 (2001 census for Macclesfield urban sub-area). ...
This article is about the City of Manchester in England. ...
This article is about the City of Manchester in England. ...
The Trafford Centre is a large indoor shopping centre located in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford in Greater Manchester, England. ...
For the larger local government district, see Metropolitan Borough of Oldham. ...
This article is about Preston, Lancashire. ...
For other uses, see Southport (disambiguation). ...
Stockport is a large town in the north west of England. ...
This article is about the Borough in the north-west of England. ...
, Wigan is a town in Greater Manchester, England. ...
, Workington is a town and port on the west coast of Cumbria, England at the mouth of the River Derwent. ...
Northern Ireland (Irish: , Ulster Scots: Norlin Airlann) is a constituent country of the United Kingdom lying in the northeast of the island of Ireland, covering 5,459 square miles (14,139 km², about a sixth of the islands total area). ...
// Bangor is a place-name found in a number of countries Bangor, New South Wales Bangor, South Australia Bangor, Tasmania Bangor, Nova Scotia Bangor, Ontario Bangor, Prince Edward Island Bangor (city), Saskatchewan Bangor (town), Saskatchewan Bangor Lodge, Saskatchewan Bangor Road, Prince Edward Island Bangor, Morbihan, Brittany Bangor, County Down, Northern...
The Queens Parade Complex is due for construction in Bangor, Gwynedd, Wales. ...
This article is about the city in Northern Ireland. ...
This article does not cite any references or sources. ...
For other places with similar names, see Derry (disambiguation) and Londonderry (disambiguation). ...
Foyleside shopping centre. ...
, Newry (from the Irish: Iúr Cinn Trá meaning The Yew Tree at the Head of the Strand, short form An tIúr, The Yew) is the fourth largest city in Northern Ireland and eighth on the island of Ireland. ...
This article is about the country. ...
For other uses, see Aberdeen (disambiguation). ...
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Kingsgate Centre is the main shopping centre in Dunfermline Town Centre, Scotland. ...
East Kilbride (Cille Bhrìghde an Ear in Scottish Gaelic) is a large town in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. ...
Falkirk (An Eaglais Bhreac, the Variagated [or Speckled] Church [presumably referring to a church building built of many-coloured stones]) in Scottish Gaelic, La Chapelle de Fayerie in French) is a town in central Scotland lying to the north west and north east of the cities of Edinburgh and Glasgow...
For other uses, see Edinburgh (disambiguation). ...
For other uses, see Glasgow (disambiguation). ...
For other uses, see Glasgow (disambiguation). ...
The Silverburn centre is a new out of town shopping mall in Glasgow, Scotland. ...
This article is about the city in Scotland. ...
, Kirkcaldy (IPA pronunciation: ) is the largest town in Fife, Scotland. ...
The Water of Leith looking upriver from the docks, with the old buildings along Leith Shore including The Kings Wark and The Old Ship Hotel and Kings Landing. ...
Ocean Terminal in Edinburgh, Scotland is a shopping centre, designed by Terence Conran. ...
, Livingston is the fourth post-war new town to be built in Scotland, designated in 1962. ...
Perth (Scottish Gaelic: ) is a royal burgh in central Scotland. ...
Broad Street at the heart of Stirlings Old Town area (called Top of the Town by locals) Stirling Castle (Southwest aspect) The main courtyard inside Stirling Castle. ...
This article is about the country. ...
Bangor, in north Wales, is one of the smallest cities in the United Kingdom. ...
This article is about the capital city of Wales. ...
Carmarthen (Welsh Caerfyrddin - caer fort + Myrddin Moridunum, Merlin (origin disputed)) is the county town of Carmarthenshire, Wales. ...
, This article is about the town in Wales. ...
Merthyr Tydfil (Welsh: ) is a town and county borough in Wales, with a population of about 55,000. ...
For other uses, see Newport (disambiguation). ...
For other places with the same name, see Swansea (disambiguation). ...
For the parliamentary constituency of Llanelli, see Llanelli (UK Parliament constituency) For the Llanelli Rural area, see Llanelli Rural Llanelli (English: ), the largest town in the county of Carmarthenshire and West Wales, sits on the Burry estuary on the west Wales coast, approximately 13 miles west of the city of...
, Wrexham (Welsh: Wrecsam) is a large (former industrial) town, conurbation and principal area of Wales lying in north-eastern part of the country. ...
International locations All department stores in international locations (except the Republic of Ireland) trade as 'Debenhams' name under franchise agreements. One of the franchisees 'Sogo' in Indonesia also buys Debenhams goods to sell in its own department stores (as well as operating full-line Debenhams franchise stores). Sogo Kobe Department Store Sogo Co. ...
Bahrain from space, June 1996 Manama (Arabic: المنامة Al-ManÄmah) is the capital city of Bahrain and is the countrys largest city with a population of approximately 155,000, roughly a quarter of countrys entire population. ...
Larnaca, or Larnaka, is a city on the southeast coast of Cyprus. ...
District Limassol Government - Mayor Andreas Christou Population (2004) - City 201. ...
District Limassol Government - Mayor Andreas Christou Population (2004) - City 201. ...
District Nicosia District Government - Mayor Eleni Mavrou Population (2004) - City 270,000 (Greek part) 85,000 (Turkish part) 355,000 (Total) Time zone EET (UTC+2) Website: www. ...
District Nicosia District Government - Mayor Eleni Mavrou Population (2004) - City 270,000 (Greek part) 85,000 (Turkish part) 355,000 (Total) Time zone EET (UTC+2) Website: www. ...
District Nicosia District Government - Mayor Eleni Mavrou Population (2004) - City 270,000 (Greek part) 85,000 (Turkish part) 355,000 (Total) Time zone EET (UTC+2) Website: www. ...
District Nicosia District Government - Mayor Eleni Mavrou Population (2004) - City 270,000 (Greek part) 85,000 (Turkish part) 355,000 (Total) Time zone EET (UTC+2) Website: www. ...
Pafos, usually written Paphos in English, (Greek: Πάφος, Páfos; Turkish: Baf) is a coastal town in the south-west of Cyprus. ...
Pafos, usually written Paphos in English, (Greek: Πάφος, Páfos; Turkish: Baf) is a coastal town in the south-west of Cyprus. ...
For other uses, see Prague (disambiguation). ...
For other uses, see Copenhagen (disambiguation). ...
For other uses, see Budapest (disambiguation). ...
Location in Iceland Coordinates: , Constituency Government - Mayor (Borgarstjóri) Dagur B. Eggertsson Area - City 274. ...
- Jakarta, Mal Kelapa Gading, Sogo Mal Kelapa Gading
- Jakarta, Plaza Indonesia (formerly the west wing of Sogo Plaza Indonesia)
- Jakarta, Plaza Senayan, Sogo Plaza Senayan
- Jakarta, Senayan City
- Jakarta, Supermal Karawaci (Opening in 2008)
- Medan, Sun Plaza, Sogo Sun Plaza
- Surabaya, Tunjungan Plaza, Sogo Tunjungan Plaza
Jakarta (also DKI Jakarta), is the capital and largest city of Indonesia. ...
Mal Kelapa Gading opened on 1990, is a modern shopping and entertainment center located in the Kelapa Gading, Jakarta, Indonesia. ...
Jakarta (also DKI Jakarta), is the capital and largest city of Indonesia. ...
Plaza Indonesia is located in central Jakarta and is often referred as PI or Sogo. ...
Jakarta (also DKI Jakarta), is the capital and largest city of Indonesia. ...
Plaza Senayan is a luxury shopping mall in South Jakarta, Indonesia. ...
Jakarta (also DKI Jakarta), is the capital and largest city of Indonesia. ...
Senayan City is a shopping mall located in Senayan, South Jakarta, Indonesia. ...
Jakarta (also DKI Jakarta), is the capital and largest city of Indonesia. ...
For other uses, see Medan (disambiguation). ...
Sun Plaza is a shopping mall in Bucharest, Romania developed by EMCT Romania, under the design of the Spanish architect Chapman Taylor. ...
Location of Surabaya in Indonesia Coordinates: , Country Province Area - City 274. ...
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A Debenhams was opened at Berjaya Times Square, Kuala Lumpur. It was closed in 2006. Berjaya Times Square KL is a building containing a huge shopping centre and two five star hotels located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. ...
Nickname: Motto: Maju dan makmur (English: Progress and Prosper) Location in Malaysia Coordinates: , Country State Establishment 1857 Granted city status 1974 Government - Mayor (Datuk Bandar) Datuk Abdul Hakim Borhan From 14 December 2006 Area - Total 243. ...
Nickname: Motto: Makati, Mahalin Natin, Atin Ito (literally, Makati, We Love It, This Is Ours) Map of Metro Manila showing the location of Makati City Coordinates: 14° 33 N, 121°02, E Country Region Province none (It is formerly on Rizal province from its foundation until 1975) Districts 1st and...
A shot of the central atrium area during an electronics event. ...
The City of Mandaluyong (Filipino: Lungsod ng Mandaluyong) is one of the cities and municipalities that comprise Metro Manila in the Philippines. ...
Shangri-la Plaza is a mall surrounded by four streets in the Mandaluyong-Ortigas area, namely, Internal Avenue, St. ...
Nickname: Map of Metro Manila showing the location of Quezon City Coordinates: 14°38 N, 121°2 E Country Philippines Region National Capital Region Districts 1st to 4th districts of Quezon City Barangays 142 Incorporated (town) October 12, 1939 (as Balintawak) Incorporated (city) October 12, 1939 Government - Mayor Feliciano Sonny...
TriNoma, Triangle in Northern MetroManila, one of Ayala Lands largest mall development in the Philippines, is an upscale shopping center located on the corner of North Avenue and Epifanio de los Santos Avenue in Quezon City, Philippines. ...
Doha (Arabic: , transliteration: or ), population 400,051 (2005 census), is the capital of Qatar and is at , on the Persian Gulf. ...
Unlike other international locations, all Republic of Ireland stores are directly operated by Debenhams plc under the company name Debenham Retail (Ireland) Ltd. The premises of the former Roches Stores are leased from the Roche family. Roches Stores Logo - More Value, More Choice, More Service Roches Stores is a chain of department stores in the Republic of Ireland. ...
BlackRock Inc. ...
Blanchardstown (Baile Bhlainséir in Irish) is a sprawling suburb of Dublin, Ireland. ...
This article is about the city in the Republic of Ireland. ...
This article is about the city in the Republic of Ireland. ...
St Patricks Street in English or Sráid Naomh Pádraig in Irish, and affectionately called Pana by Corkonians, is the main shopping street in Cork and is the heart of the city. ...
For other uses, see Dublin (disambiguation). ...
The Jervis Shopping Centre is a large indoor shopping centre located at the top of Henry Street in the Northside of Dublin City. ...
For other uses, see Dublin (disambiguation). ...
Shopping in Henry Street View of The Spire from Arnotts department store Henry Street (Sráid Anraà in Irish) is located on Dublins Northside and is one of the two principal shopping streets of Dublin, running from the Spire of Dublin and the General Post Office on OConnell...
WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: , Irish Grid Reference M300256 Statistics Province: Connacht County: Dáil Éireann: Galway West European Parliament: North-West Dialling Code: 091 Postal District(s): G Area: 50. ...
WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: , Irish Grid Reference C167188 Statistics Province: Ulster County: Dáil Éireann: Donegal North East Dialling Code: 074, +000 353 74 Area: 307. ...
For other uses, see Limerick (disambiguation). ...
WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: , Irish Grid Reference N801152 Statistics Province: Leinster County: Elevation: 90 m Population (2006) - Town: - Rural: 17,042 1,478 Website: www. ...
The Square is a shopping centre in Tallaght in south-west Dublin. ...
// WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: , Irish Grid Reference O093265 Statistics Province: Leinster County: Elevation: 90 m Population (2006) 64,282 Tallaght (Irish:Tamhlacht), is a large town within the traditional county of Dublin in Ireland. ...
WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: , Irish Grid Reference Q828141 Statistics Province: Munster County: Elevation: 37 m Population (2006) - Town: - Rural: 20,258 1,932 Website: www. ...
WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: , Irish Grid Reference S604123 Statistics Province: Munster County: Area: 41. ...
Nickname: Motto: Patria si Dreptul Meu (My Country and My Right) Location of Bucharest within Romania (in red) Coordinates: , Country County Founded 1459 (first official record) Government - Mayor Adriean Videanu Area - City 228 km² (88 sq mi) - Metro 238 km² (91. ...
Location of Cluj-Napoca Coordinates: , Country County Status County capital Government - Mayor Emil Boc (Democratic Party) Area - County capital 179. ...
For other uses, see Moscow (disambiguation). ...
This article is about Dhahran, the city. ...
, Nickname: Location of Jeddah Coordinates: , Country Province Established 500+ BC Government - Mayor Adil Faqeeh - City Governor Mishal Al-Saud - Provincial Governor Khalid al Faisal Area - City 1,320 km² (509. ...
Riyadh (Arabic: ar-RiyÄá¸) is the capital and largest city of Saudi Arabia. ...
A Debenhams was opened in central Stockholm in 2002. It was closed in January 2007, however, due to the difficulties of competing with the local department stores PUB and Åhléns. [1] For other uses, see Stockholm (disambiguation). ...
PUB is a major department store in Stockholm, Sweden, located in two buildings at Hötorget. ...
Åhléns is a Swedish chain of department stores, located in almost every city in the country and with several stores in the major cities, and there are more than 15 Åhléns stores in Stockholm alone. ...
Istanbul (Turkish: , Greek: , historically Byzantium and later Constantinople; see other names) is Turkeys most populous city, and its cultural and financial center. ...
Abu Dhabi or Abu Zaby (Arabic language: أبوظبي) is the largest of the seven emirates that comprise the United Arab Emirates and was also the largest of the former Trucial States. ...
Deira (perhaps corresponding with the Brythonic kingdom of Ebrauc) was a kingdom in England during the 6th century AD. It later merged with the kingdom of Bernicia (Brythonic, Brynaich) to the north to form the kingdom of Northumbria. ...
Coordinates: , Emirate Government - Emir Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Area [1] - Metro 4,114 km² (1,588. ...
Ras Al-Khaimah (Arabic: رأس الخيمة) is one of the United Arab Emirates. ...
Sharjah Central Souq - Shopping Mall The flag of Sharjah The Emirate of Sharjah (Arabic: الشارقة ash-shaariqah) is a small Country that extends along approximately 16 kilometres of the United Arab Emiratess Persian Gulf coastline and for more than 80 kilometres into the interior. ...
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