Dunelm Group Acquires Worldstores

Dunelm Group is a homewares retailers in the UK with 160 stores nationwide and an online webstore at dunelm.com. It has over 9,000 employees. Dunelm's headquarters are in Syston, Leicestershire. Dunelm offers customers a wide range of quality homeware items from bedding, sofas, curtains, cushions, quilts and pillows, to kitchenware and dining, lighting, wall art, furniture and rugs, as well as premium brands such as Dorma and Fogarty and in-house production of made-to-measure curtains and blinds. Dunelm was founded in 1979 as a market stall business, selling ready-made curtains. The first shop was opened in Leicester in 1984 and over the following years the business developed into a successful chain of high street shops before expanding into broader homewares categories following the opening of the first Dunelm superstore in 1991. Dunelm Group was incorporated in 1979 and is based in Syston, the United Kingdom.

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