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Kingdom.
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on 1 June 2007, but was scheduled to close it on 13 September 2009. In
December 2007, Kingfisher sold its 50 per cent stake in B&Q Taiwan to its joint venture partner. The $ 106.5 million (£51.6 million) sale, producing a profit of £25 million, was used to reduce debt.
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Ireland operation was making losses, with their then nine shops making a combined loss of £7 million throughout 2012, yet its operations within the United Kingdom turned a profit despite an overall decrease in sales by 5.6%.
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B&Q account for around a third of their parent company's revenues, seeing like for like sales increase by 5.6% in August 2016. In the year ending 31 January 2007, sales were £3.9 billion despite overall sales falling by 1.7% compared to the previous year, whilst profit was
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for £16.8 million at the beginning of the 1980s, coinciding with Quayle, who by that time had a personal wealth of £4 million, selling his share. This would result, for a time, in B&Q being an indirect sister company to
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B&Q were reported to have a customer base of seven million in July 2016, of which it was estimated 75% use the retailer's website to research their desired products, prior to purchasing in shop. B&Q operated a
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The retail chain offers over 40,000 products across their 300 shops and through their online presence. Reports in May 2007 suggested it was the second largest in Europe, and the fourth largest in the world (behind
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B&Q Ireland had been making a loss since two years before, although the shops in the United
Kingdom continued to stay in profit. The chain exited examinership a few months later in May 2013, following
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in 2015, due to poor sales. B&Q's parent company had previously sold its 50% stake in B&Q Taiwan in 2007 in order to focus on what was then a rapidly growing business in China.
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Good Home is used a smaller format brand but as of recently been disappearing and being replaced by B&Q Local. It is still online and in some normal and big sized B&Q stores.
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By 2000, B&Q had 51 large warehouse shops; this had doubled by 2003. By May 2014, B&Q in the United
Kingdom had 359 shops, and 20,887 employees; and eight shops in Ireland.
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paint sold to them. This led to B&Q compensating hundreds of customers, with the problem said to be caused by bacterial contamination in the can causing emission of
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shop. In June 2004, B&Q were found guilty of causing her death, and the following month they were fined £550,000.
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British multinational home improvement DIY store chain owned by Kingfisher plc
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2074:/ The Building Box
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