Studio Retail Group
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| Company type | Public limited company |
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| Industry | Mail Order, Retail |
| Founded | 1962 |
| Headquarters | Hyde, Greater Manchester |
Area served | UK |
| Products | |
| Revenue | £410.6m (2016)[1] |
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| Website | www |
Findel plc is a British home shopping company, based in Hyde, Greater Manchester. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange. Its chairman is Ian Burke from 16 December 2016.[2]
Group Companies
Express Gifts
Express Gifts Ltd, the largest company within the Findel plc group, sells clothing, greeting cards, gifts, home and garden items through its Studio and Ace catalogues and websites (www.studio.co.uk and www.ace.co.uk). Express Gifts is a multi-channel retailer that offers home shopping services through a combination of direct catalogue marketing and online shopping. Express Gifts is a credit proposition offering customers credit accounts.
Express Gifts operates through a number of brands for example Studio, Ace, HalfCost and Health & Home Shopping.
Findel Education
Findel Education is a supplier of educational resources in Europe, with a Head Office in the Hyde area of Greater Manchester. Customers include state and independent schools from nursery to secondary level, hospitals, charities, and other educational bodies. Product range covers all curriculum subjects as well as all the furniture, audio-visual, stationery and janitorial needs of schools and nurseries. The company trades in the UK and internationally through a series of high-profile catalogue brands including Findel Education, Findel International, Hope Education, Hope Early Years, GLS, Davies Sports, LDA, Philip Harris, UNILAB, NES Arnold, Galt and Step by Step. Findel Education undertakes PFI work in the UK. [citation needed]
History
Findel started as a greeting card company and went public in the early 1960s under the name "Fine Art Developments."[3] It spun off its greeting card business in 1997 as a separate company called "Creative Publishing",[4] which was subsequently acquired by Hallmark Cards in 1998.[5] The company changed its name to "Findel plc" in 2000.[citation needed]
In August 2010, Findel sold Confetti.co.uk and I Want One of Those to The Hut Group
In April 2013, Findel sold its healthcare division, NRS, to LDC, and in March 2015 Findel sold its Kleeneze business to CVSL Inc. [citation needed]
In February 2016, Findel sold its online sports retailing business, Kitbag, to the leading US provider of licensed sports apparel and merchandise, Fanatics Inc.
In April 2017, Findel appointed Phil Maudsley as group CEO.
References
- ^ "Findel PLC: Annual Report 2016" (PDF). Retrieved 13 June 2016.
- ^ http://www.findel.co.uk/content/latestnews/16-findel-appoints-new-chairman/Ian_Burke_announcement_161216_final.pdf
- ^ "Top marks for quick switch". Yorkshire Post. 14 December 2004. Retrieved 13 December 2012.
- ^ "Fine Art Developments to spin off card operation". The Independent. 17 May 1997. Retrieved 13 December 2012.
- ^ "Hallmark Cards agrees to buy British competitor". Southeast Missourian. 10 July 1998. Retrieved 13 December 2012.