
Arcadia Group / Bhs (UK)


Arcadia Group is the UK's #2 clothing retailer (behind Marks
& Spencer), home to a broad portfolio of chain store brands led by Top Shop and Burton. Known until the
beginning of 1998 as Burton Group, the business has changed shape several times since its original heyday in the 1980s.
After performance slumped in the 1990s, Burton went on a crash diet, spinning off several brands including department store Debenhams
to create a leaner and more focused group. In 2002, the revived and renamed business was acquired by retail entrepreneur
Philip Green, whose portfolio already included rival Bhs. Green engineered a dynamic return to form, building Top
Shop into one of the UK's most fashionable chain brands, and expanding its presence into other markets, most recently the
US. Arcadia and Bhs have remained separate businesses until now, but were merged in 2009.
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Top Man |
Dorothy Perkins |
Miss Selfridge |
Top Shop |
Evans |
Wallis |
Outfit |
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