Owen Owen is an operator of department stores in the United Kingdom. Currently in the group is Joplings in Sunderland, Robbs Of Hexham, Lewis's in Liverpool and Esslemonte & Macintosh in Aberdeen. Joplings is a department store that is located in Sunderland, in the United Kingdom. ... Sunderland is an industrial city and port in the English metropolitan county of Tyne and Wear. ... Lewiss was a department store operating in the United Kingdom from 1856 to the 1990s. ... Liverpools skyline, as seen from the River Mersey. ... Aberdeens location in Scotland Aberdeen (Scottish Gaelic: Obar Dheathain) is Scotlands third largest city, with a population of 212,125, and the greatest part of the unitary council area named the City of Aberdeen, which is surrounded by, but not within, the Aberdeenshire council area. ...

Owen Owen was founded by Owen Owen in Liverpool, where he opened a drapery store on London road. Over the years the store expanded but the retail scene had moved from the London road area so the Owen Owen family lent Owen Owen Ltd the money to move to a better position on Clayton Square. Owen Owen then purchased TJ Hughes and placed them into the other, now empty, store. Still to this day TJ hughes are there. TJ Hughes is a discount department store company founded in 1912 in Liverpool, England. ...

Owen Owen then expanded by building a store in Coventry, which was bombed in World War 2. After the war they continued to expand. They purchased GW Robinsons of Canada and added stores to their profile. The Precinct in Coventry city centre Coventry is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. ...

In the 1980's the Owen Owen family sold out of the business TJ Hughes was split off and GW Robinsons sold off.

In the early 90's they purchased several Lewis's stores and where taken over by Philip Green. The company was then stripped of its assets and was cut from 12 stores to 1, Lewis's of Liverpool. Lewiss was a department store operating in the United Kingdom from 1856 to the 1990s. ...

Then in early 2005 Philip Green sold his stake in the business to David Thompson who began Owen Owens expansion they purchased Joplings & Robbs off the now defuncted Merchant Retail Group Plc and purchased Esslemonte & Macintosh of the Esslemonte Family. All their stores have strong brand names and the Owen Owen brand name is no longer used, Owen Owen is the operating company. 2005 (MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Philip Green is a British billionaire businessman who owns some of the United Kingdoms largest retailers including British Home Stores, and the Arcadia Group. ... There are several men named David Thompson: David Thompson: A Canadian explorer who was the first to travel the complete length of the Columbia River David Thompson: An American basketball player and member of the Basketball Hall of Fame David B. Thompson (Jazz Pianist/Composer) David Thompson: An English football...

The group is currently looking at other department stores with strong local names.

External links

• Cheshire Online