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19-580: Wilkinson or Wilkinsons may refer to: Businesses and brands [ edit ] Wilko , formerly Wilkinson Hardware, a British retail chain Wilkinson Sword , a British manufacturer of razor blades, formerly swords, motorbikes and other products Wilkinson TMC , their touring motorcycle model built 1911 to 1916 Wilkinson plc , a British firm of chandelier manufacturers and repairers People [ edit ] Wilkinson (surname) , including

38-576: A GWR 3031 Class rail locomotive, 1895–1914 See also [ edit ] All pages with titles beginning with Wilkinson All pages with titles containing Wilkinson Wilkinson Creek (disambiguation) Wilkinson v. United States , a law case heard by the US Supreme Court Wilkinson's catalyst , a chemical catalyst Wilkinson's polynomial , in numerical analysis Wilkinson power divider , an RF signal splitter with special properties Topics referred to by

57-676: A cosmetics company, signed a deal with Wilko to sell their products in UK shops. In January 2022, Wilko announced the closure of 15 stores with costly long leases. Wilko paid its owners, led by the Wilkinson family, a £3 million dividend again. In January 2023, Wilko confirmed it had borrowed £40 million from the restructuring firm Hilco Capital . It followed this in February with plans to cut up to 400 jobs. On 3 August 2023, Wilko announced its intention to appoint administrators as it

76-509: A falling-out of the family. In August 2017, Wilko began negotiations with the GMB trade union over the company's plan to cut 4,000 jobs. The board paid the family owners a £3 million dividend. In March 2018, Wilko began to sell 285 of its own brand products in Dubai through Ace Hardware , marking the first time that Wilko had sold through another retailer. In June 2020, Warpaint London,

95-414: A list of people Wilkinson (musician) , an English musician Wilkinson baronets , a British hereditary title The Wilkinsons , a Canadian country music trio The Wilkinsons (TV series) Places [ edit ] Wilkinson County, Georgia , U.S. Wilkinson, Illinois , U.S. Wilkinson, Indiana , U.S. Wilkinson, Minnesota , U.S. Wilkinson Township, Cass County, Minnesota ,

114-678: A month earlier. In October 2023, Norton Group Holdings said that the company would open 5 new stand-alone Wilko stores “before Christmas". This came just under 3 weeks after the collapsed retailer ceased operations. This would include a store in both Plymouth and Exeter , two in the southeast , and one in the north . By 29 March 2024, Wilko stores had opened in Plymouth, Exeter, Luton , St Albans , and Rotherham , with an additional store planned to open in Poole in August 2024. In July 2024, it

133-553: A retail store on Sugar Mill Business Park in 1989. Initially trading as Chris Dawson Superstores (CDS), the name would later change to The Range in the early 1990s. The Range would then later grow into a major retailer across the United Kingdom, with Norton Group Holdings becoming the ultimate owning company. In September 2023, the company acquired the brand and digital assets of discount retailer Wilko for £5,000,000 after Wilko's parent company collapsed into administration

152-539: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Wilko Wilko.com Limited (trading as Wilko ) is a British homeware and household retail chain owned by Norton Group Holdings (parent company of The Range and Homebase ) since 2023, prior to which it was owned by Wilko Limited , founded in the United Kingdom in 1930. The company who owned Wilko, Wilko Limited (formerly Wilkinson Cash Stores Limited, Wilkinson Hardware Stores Limited, and Wilko Retail Limited )

171-530: The Wilko name, and by 2014, most stores had been rebranded. Prior to the rebranding, the abbreviation Wilko had been commonly used as an informal reference to the brand. In 2014, Karin Swann sold her 50% holding in the business to Lisa, leaving Tony, his wife Christine and Lisa the sole owners of the company, and Lisa the chairman. Swann wanted to pursue other business interests and the decision did not represent

190-427: The administration process, it was reported that its owners had taken £77 million out of the company in the preceding decade. In September 2023, B&M bought 51 Wilko stores for £13 million. An attempt by Canadian businessman Doug Putman to acquire 100 Wilko stores, slimmed down from a deal to acquire 300 stores, collapsed in the same month. Poundland acquired 71 Wilko stores and stated it would prioritise

209-764: The background of a scene in the film Brief Encounter (1945). By the end of the 1980s, the chain had 78 stores, increasing to over 152 by the end of the 1990s. The founder's son, Tony Wilkinson , joined the company as a branch manager in 1960 and succeeded his father as chairman in 1972, retiring in June 2005. Tony was succeeded by his daughter, Lisa Wilkinson, and his niece, Karin Swann. Wilkinson opened its first Scottish outlet in Castle Douglas in January 2009. In 2012, Wilkinson began rebranding its stores as Wilko, after its own brand products already marketed under

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228-533: The departure of Wilko, Canute Haulage Group entered administration in 2018 and was liquidated in 2019. Turnover for the year ending February 2022 was in excess of £1.2 billion. Norton Group Holdings Where Norton Group Holdings is the ultimate parent company, CDS Superstores International is its trading subsidiary, responsible for its day-to-day retail operations. In 1980, Chris Dawson began as an open-air market trader in Plymouth , later opening

247-565: The previous ownership closed on 8 October 2023. Wilko was relaunched as an online store on 12 October 2023, and as a physical store in December 2023. The first Wilkinson store was opened by James Kemsey Wilkinson and his fiancee Mary Cooper at 151 Charnwood Street, Leicester in 1930, and a second store was opened in Wigston Magna , near Leicester, in 1932. Nine branches were opened by 1939. The Beaconsfield store can be seen in

266-894: The recruitment of former Wilko staff. Norton Group Holdings acquired the Wilko brand, website and intellectual property for £5 million. 36 workers from Wilko's digital team transferred over to The Range's digital team as part of the deal. The final stores under the previous ownership closed on 8 October 2023. The Wilko website was relaunched by Norton Group Holdings on 12 October 2023 and resumed home delivery. The Range started stocking Wilko brand products in its stores from 27 October 2023. Three stores in Plymouth, Exeter, and Luton were re-opened in December 2023. Two stores in Rotherham and St Albans were re-opened in March 2024. Wilko's store in Poole

285-454: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Wilkinson . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wilkinson&oldid=1179783294 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

304-559: The wider area Wilkinson, Mississippi , U.S. Wilkinson County, Mississippi , the wider county Wilkinson, West Virginia , U.S. Wilkinson, Wisconsin , U.S. Wilkinson Lake , in Minnesota, U.S. Wilkinson River , in New Zealand's South Island Other uses [ edit ] Wilkinson, a type of analog-to-digital converter Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe , a NASA spacecraft 2001–2010 Wilkinson ,

323-488: Was founded in Leicester by James Kemsey Wilkinson in 1930, and remained in the ownership of the founding family before it went into administration . The chain entered administration in August 2023 after being faced with financial and supply issues for some time, which put 12,500 jobs at risk. Norton Group Holdings acquired the Wilko brand, website and intellectual property the following month. The final stores under

342-532: Was re-opened in August 2024. The company awarded a five-year logistics contract to Wincanton plc in March 2017, replacing Canute Haulage Group after 29 years. In September 2019, the GMB union announced that its members would strike over a new weekend working proposal at the distribution centres. The strikes planned for four dates in October 2019 were called off after an improved offer was made by Wilko. Following

361-428: Was seeking a buyer following a period of difficult trading conditions. The company entered administration on 10 August. CEO Mark Jackson said management would work with administrators PwC to "preserve as many jobs as possible". A deadline for offers to acquire the business was set for 16 August 2023. Wilko collapsed with the loss of over 12,000 jobs, £625 million in debt and a £50 million pension deficit. During

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