"stores sold to Home Retail Group. In September 2016, UK retailer Sainsbury's bought Home Retail Group, including Argos and Habitat, for £1.4 billion (about $1.85 billion). Sir Terence Conran founded Habitat in London in 1964, opening his own store to market his Summa range of furniture. The first store was opened in Fulham Road in Chelsea by Conran, his then wife Caroline, Philip Pollock and the model Pagan Taylor. This store became the Habitat template, with its quarry tiled floor, whitewashed brick walls, white-painted wooden-slatted ceilings and spotlights creating a feeling of space and focusing attention on the product. Conran"
"consumers and in particular, Sears, who offered to deliver any item countrywide. Terrance Conran's Habitat, founded in 1964, came about to service a growing number of affluent consumers, intent on purchasing a cost-efficient interior presented in ready-to-made rooms. The first ""Habitat"" catalogue in 1966 was marketed as a guide to decorating a home and not just a telling tool. Swedish company IKEA created the same room-set device to document its tens of thousands of products and in the process dominated the global market in the late 20th century. Founded by Ingvar Kamprad in 1943, the catalogue was first produced in"
"Groupe Habitat Groupe Habitat is an international chain of stores of British origin created by Sir Terence Conran in 1964, which specialises in the sale of furniture and contemporary decorative accessories. Since September 2011 it has been owned by the French group CAFOM distribution. On 11 May 1964, Sir Terence Conran, a young furniture designer and restaurateur, opened the first Habitat store Fulham Road, London. It aimed to modernise the British furniture industry offering contemporary design at affordable prices. The brand then grew rapidly by anticipating the tastes of the public. In 1973, the company opened its first French store"
"furnishings and decorating: sofas and armchairs, living and dining rooms, offices, bedrooms and kitchens. Groupe Habitat Groupe Habitat is an international chain of stores of British origin created by Sir Terence Conran in 1964, which specialises in the sale of furniture and contemporary decorative accessories. Since September 2011 it has been owned by the French group CAFOM distribution. On 11 May 1964, Sir Terence Conran, a young furniture designer and restaurateur, opened the first Habitat store Fulham Road, London. It aimed to modernise the British furniture industry offering contemporary design at affordable prices. The brand then grew rapidly by anticipating"
"Habitat (magazine) Habitat is an American real estate magazine founded in 1982 and aimed at co-op boards, condominium associations, and related professionals such as attorneys and managing agents. The print magazine concentrates on the greater New York City metropolitan area while its Web site contains features for general-interest co-op/condo directors, residents, and buyers/sellers. Journalist Carol J. Ott founded what was then titled ""N.Y. Habitat"" in New York City in 1982, for a primary audience of co-op and loft owners/renters. The magazine had evolved from Ott's 1980-82 newspaper, ""The Loft Letter"". Originally bimonthly, in 1997 the publication schedule increased to 11"
"Albert Heijn (born 1927) Albert Heijn (Zaandam, 25 January 1927 – Hereford, 13 January 2011) was a Dutch entrepreneur, major stock holder and founder and chairman of the board of Ahold. Albert was the grandson of his namesake Albert Heijn (1865–1945), who began the family business with a single grocery store in Oostzaan and after extending to multiple stores laid the foundation of the same named leading Dutch retail chain, which was expanded by Albert into a multinational company. Albert introduced the supermarket store model in the Netherlands and was instrumental behind several innovations in the retail industry such as"
"the demerger of Homebase from Home Retail Group to the Australian retailer Wesfarmers, all mini-Habitat concessions were removed from Homebase. The company used to have stores in Galway and Dublin in the Republic of Ireland but these were closed down in 2008. Habitat previously employed 1,574 staff and operated in 71 stores: 35 in the UK, 26 in France, five in Spain and five in Germany (as of October 2009). The international operations are now run by Groupe Habitat, part of Cafom since 2011. May 2016 & April 2017: British fashion designer Henry Holland collaborates with UK design brand Habitat"
"Habitas Habitas (stylized all caps HABITAS) is a hospitality management group. It operates clubs and lifestyle hotels with its flagship location in Tulum, Mexico. In addition to its flagship hotel in Tulum, it is building other hotel properties in Malibu and Namibia. Habitas was founded in 2015 by Oliver Ripley, Kfir Levy and Eduardo Castillo. The idea of the company was to produce events that brought people together and share interests such as music, food, and art. Its first event was a 24-hour party for 150 people on a private ranch near Los Angeles, California. Habitas produced additional retreats for"
"Habitat (video game) Habitat is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) developed by LucasArts. It is the first attempt at a large-scale commercial virtual community that was graphic based. Initially created in 1985 by Randy Farmer and Chip Morningstar, the game was made available as a beta test in 1986 by Quantum Link, an online service for the Commodore 64 computer and the corporate progenitor to AOL. Both Farmer and Morningstar were given a First Penguin Award at the 2001 Game Developers Choice Awards for their innovative work on Habitat. As a graphical MUD it is considered a forerunner"
"tennis club, the carnival and the zoo. The Helmut Horten Stiftung promotes medical research. His widow inherited his $1 billion fortune, and lives today between homes in Croglio, Lyford Cay, by the Wörthersee in Austria and a penthouse in Vienna. Rated within the world's 500 richest people by ""Forbes"", she also commissioned and owns one of the world's largest yachts, in the ""Carinthia VII"". Helmut Horten Helmut Horten (8 January 1909 Bonn – 30 November 1987, Croglio, Switzerland) was a German entrepreneur who built up and owned the fourth-largest chain of department stores in Germany: the Horten AG. Helmut Horten"
"Herbert Marcus Herbert Marcus (September 6, 1878 - December 11, 1950) was one of the co-founders of Neiman Marcus, and later became its chief executive officer. Born to a Jewish family in Kentucky, Marcus moved to Hillsboro, Texas after dropping out of high school to work and live near his brother Theodore, his three sisters and his parents. His various retail, sales and janitorial positions helped him escape the economic hardships of life in Kentucky. He moved to Dallas, Texas in 1899 and married Minnie Lichtenstein, the mother of his four sons, in 1902. They moved to Atlanta with his"
"S. Robson Walton Samuel Robson ""Rob"" Walton (born October 28, 1944) is an American businessman and is the eldest son of Helen Walton and Sam Walton, founder of Walmart, the world's largest retailer. He served as Chairman of Walmart from 1992 to 2015. As of March 2018, Walton had a net worth of $41.7 billion, making him the 17th richest person in the world. Rob Walton was born on October 28, 1944, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the oldest of four children of Sam Walton (1918–1992), cofounder of Wal-Mart, and Helen Walton (1919–2007). He has a younger brother, Jim Walton, and a"
"and Thierry Marx. On 19 March 2015, the former French Economy Minister, Arnaud Montebourg, is appointed Vice President of Habitat for Innovation. The products are marketed in various European stores under brand Habitat and on a website. Habitat now has 29 stores in France, seven in Spain and five in Germany. As of November 2015, the company also has franchise stores in Belgium, China, Finland, French Guiana, Greece, Guatemala, Hong Kong, Iceland, La Réunion, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malta, Martinique, Montenegro, Norway, Philippines, Portugal, Qatar, Saint-Martin, Singapore, South Africa, Saudi Arabia, Sweden, Thailand and Turkey. Habitat offers specialised product lines in home"
"the Urban Institute in Washington, D.C., the Board of Directors for the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, the Consumer Affairs Advisory Committee of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, and the San Diego Financial Review Panel. Sol Price Sol Price (January 23, 1916December 14, 2009) was the founder of FedMart, Price Club (which ultimately merged into Costco) and PriceSmart. He is considered a pioneer of the ""warehouse store"" retail model. Price was born in New York City, the son of Samuel and Bella Price, Jewish immigrants to the United States from Minsk (Belarus), in the early years of the"
"John Van Lieshout John Van Lieshout (born 1946) is an Australian billionaire, the founder and former owner of the Super A-Mart furniture store chain, who is now a property developer. He was born in the Netherlands in 1946. He is one of 13 children of Karel, a plasterer and his wife Anna Van Lieshout, who emigrated to Brisbane’s Wacol Migrant Camp in 1960. Van Lieshout has a high school diploma. Van Lieshout is the founder and former owner of the Super A-Mart furniture store chain. He sold Super A-Mart in 2006 for $500 million, and moved into property development. Other"
"Robert Knight (industrialist) Robert Knight (8 January 1826 – 26 November 1912) was a New England industrialist and philanthropist, who was a partner with his brother Benjamin Knight in B. B. & R. Knight and was one of the largest textile manufacturers in the world when he died in 1912. He co-founded the large and famous brand, Fruit of the Loom, now owned by Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway. Knight was born in Old Warwick, Rhode Island, on January 8, 1826, to Stephen Knight and Weltham Brayton. After moving to Cranston, Rhode Island, Knight's father put Robert to work in the"
"Habitat for Humanity Habitat for Humanity International (HFHI), generally referred to as Habitat for Humanity or simply Habitat, is an international, non-governmental, and nonprofit organization, which was founded in 1976 by Linda and Millard Fuller. Habitat has been devoted to building ""simple, decent, and affordable"" housing, a self-described ""Christian housing ministry,"" and has addressed the issues of poverty housing all over the world. The international operational headquarters are located in Americus, Georgia, United States, with the administrative headquarters located in Atlanta. There are five area offices located around the world: United States and Canada; Africa and the Middle East (located"
"Bob Young (businessman) Robert Young is a serial entrepreneur who is best known for founding Red Hat Inc., the open source software company. He also owns the franchise for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League and serves as self-appointed Caretaker of the team. He was born in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. He attended Trinity College School in Port Hope, Ontario. He received a Bachelor of Arts from Victoria College at the University of Toronto. Prior to Red Hat, Young built a couple of computer rental and leasing businesses, including founding Vernon Computer Rentals in 1984.[2] Descendants of Vernon are"
"Harry Cunningham Harry B. Cunningham (1907 in Pennsylvania – November 11, 1992 in North Palm Beach, Florida) was an American businessman and retailer who founded Kmart in 1962, along with S. S. Kresge. Cunningham had a vision to convert the retail chain into a discounter. At the time, Cunningham was sharply criticized by some, including Kresge shareholders, as possibly destroying the company. The success of Kmart proved his vision. He was president of the company from 1959 to 1972, having joined the retailer as an assistant store manager in 1930. Cunningham was credited by Sam Walton as being the first"
"to design a discount store. Walton added that Cunningham should be remembered as one of the leading retailers of all time. Cunningham and Walton both visited, and were impressed by, the early and innovative discounter Ann & Hope in Cumberland, Rhode Island. Harry Cunningham Harry B. Cunningham (1907 in Pennsylvania – November 11, 1992 in North Palm Beach, Florida) was an American businessman and retailer who founded Kmart in 1962, along with S. S. Kresge. Cunningham had a vision to convert the retail chain into a discounter. At the time, Cunningham was sharply criticized by some, including Kresge shareholders, as"
"Vittorio Radice Vittorio Radice is a United Kingdom-based Italian businessman and retail manager, who at various times managed Habitat, part of Marks and Spencer, and Selfridges. Radice was born in 1957 and raised near Lake Como. His father was a furniture retailer. Radice studied agriculture at Milan University, then served in the Italian army. He started his retail career at the Associated Merchandising Corporation. He moved to Habitat in 1990, becoming Managing Director there in 1992. In 1996 he switched to being MD of Selfridges, and in 2003 became Executive Director for the 'Home Group' of Marks and Spencer. He"
"deal included the sale of brands Argos and Habitat. The acquisition completed on 2 September 2016. Before the acquisition Home Retail Group sold the Homebase brand to the Australian brand Wesfarmers and all Habitat branches within Homebase stores were subsequently closed. Habitat has been under the leadership of managing director Clare Askem since 2011 and the in-house London design studio has been led by creative director Polly Dickens since 2012. Habitat currently has 17 UK stores. Three London flagship stores - Tottenham Court Road, Finchley Road and Westfield White City (Opened 2018) - one flagship store in Brighton (opened November"
"Customs, and the matter is subject to litigation. John Hargreaves (businessman) John Hargreaves (born January 1944) is a British businessman, the founder and chairman of the UK out-of-town discount clothing and homeware chain Matalan. John Hargreaves was born in 1944 in Everton, the son of a docks labourer, one of eight children who all shared one bedroom in a Liverpool terrace house. Hargreaves left school at 14, went into the retail business when he was 16, and opened the first Matalan store in Preston in 1985. Matalan has 200 stores in the UK, and employs over 16,000 people. He resigned"
"list of the world’s top billionaires beginning in 2016. The magazine changed its methodology to exclude individuals from families that share their fortunes. Charles Butt Charles Clarence Butt (born February 3, 1938) is an American billionaire businessman, who inherited his family's San Antonio-based H-E-B supermarket chain in 1971. The privately held company has more than 300 stores and $20 billion in sales, according to ""Forbes"". Charles Clarence Butt was born on February 3, 1938, the son of Howard Edward Butt Sr. and Mary Elizabeth Holdsworth, and the grandson of Florence Butt, who founded H.E. Butt in 1905. Butt graduated from"
"up residence in the former Stewart & Co. building at Fifty-sixth Street, which would remain the company's flagship store for nearly fifty years. The building had been designed by the architectural firm Warren and Wetmore in 1929 and redesigned the next year by Ely Jacques Kahn for Bonwit. The company, in need of capital, partnered with noted financier Floyd Odlum. Odlum, who had cashed in his stock holdings just prior to the stock market crash of 1929, was investing in firms in financial distress and in 1934 Odlum's Atlas Corporation acquired Bonwit Teller. Odlum's wife, Hortense, who had already been"
"set up small businesses. Samuel Klein (businessman) Samuel Klein (15 November 192320 November 2014) was a Polish-Brazilian business magnate and philanthropist who founded the Casas Bahia chain of department stores in Brazil, building them into the top retailer in the country. This along with his tendency to use massive warehouses for his goods, including the largest single warehouse in South America, led him to be known in the 1990s as the ""Sam Walton of Brazil"". Through Casas Bahia, Klein's family became one of the wealthiest families in Brazil. In 2013, ""Forbes"" ranked him 78th richest person in Brazil with a"
"Albert Heijn Albert Heijn B.V. is the largest Dutch supermarket chain, founded in 1887 in Oostzaan, Netherlands. It is named after Albert Heijn, Sr., the founder of the first store in Oostzaan. Albert Heijn is the oldest organization owned and operated by the Dutch supermarket operator Ahold. The founder of the company (Albert Heijn) was born in 1865. In fact, the name ""Ahold"" is short for Albert Heijn Holding. In 1952, Albert Heijn initiated the self-service store. For the first time, the customers were not served one by one but could pick their products by themselves. The stores are full"
"Heijn (1865–1945) was the original founder of Albert Heijn stores, which is now the largest food retailer in the Netherlands. His grandson, Albert Heijn (1927–2011), was the founder of Ahold. Albert's brother, Gerrit Jan Heijn (1931–1987), also a top manager at Ahold, was kidnapped and murdered in 1987. Albert Heijn Albert Heijn B.V. is the largest Dutch supermarket chain, founded in 1887 in Oostzaan, Netherlands. It is named after Albert Heijn, Sr., the founder of the first store in Oostzaan. Albert Heijn is the oldest organization owned and operated by the Dutch supermarket operator Ahold. The founder of the company"
"Norton Simon Norton Winfred Simon (February 5, 1907 – June 2, 1993), was an American billionaire industrialist and philanthropist based in California. He was the founder of Val Vita Food Products, which later acquired Hunt's Foods. His significant art collection is housed in the Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena, California. After his death in 1993, Simon's wife, actress Jennifer Jones, remained an emeritus of the Museum until her death in 2009. Simon was born February 5, 1907 in Portland, Oregon, to Myer and Lillian Simon (née Gluckman). He had two younger sister, Evelyn and Marcia. Simon's father was a businessman"
"the remains of Lupton Morton. Conran Ryman who did not highly value the Habitat chain and apparently thought it was making a loss agreed to the sale. Conran Ryman retained Habitat's original factory in Thetford along with Conran Design Group. In 1972, the Ryman brothers sold Conran Ryman to the Burton Group for £8 million. Rodney Fitch bought out Conran Design Group, renaming it Fitch & Company in the same year. During the 1970s and 1980s the business passed through several different owners including Jennifer d'Abo who purchased the chain in 1981 and floated it on the Stock Exchange in"
"has said the main reason for the shop's initial success was that Habitat was one of the few places that sold cheap pasta storage jars just as the market for dried pasta took off in the UK. The business expanded quickly in the UK throughout the 1960s and internationally with the first overseas store opening in 1973 in Paris. Habitat also published a catalogue that showed a range of products grouped together in pleasant surroundings. In 1968 Habitat merged with the stationery retailer Ryman to form Ryman Conran. The following year it purchased the business of Lupton Morton, which mostly"
"Store is located in Deephaven, and as opened in 1895 by Ralph M. Chapman, to serve as a grocer to tourists along the shores of Lake Minnetonka. Mahala Dutton–Douglas (1864–1945), survivor of the ""Titanic"" disaster as a first class passenger, lived in Deephaven. Walter Donald Douglas and his wife Mahala Dutton–Douglas, built a twenty-seven room estate in 1910 at the location of the former Hotel Saint Louis. The property is named ""Walden"". Walter Donald Douglas perished in the Titanic disaster, however, Mahala Dutton–Douglas and her French maid Berthe Leroy were survivors. The Douglas family founded the Quaker Oats Company, in"
"Herbert Haft Herbert H. Haft (August 24, 1920 – September 1, 2004) was a Washington, D.C. based businessman who was famous first for the development of discount stores in the drug store, bookstore, and auto part businesses, and later as a corporate raider. Haft was born to Jewish family in Baltimore, Maryland, the son of an immigrant pharmacist from Russia. His family moved to Washington D.C. where he graduated from Central High School. He earned a B.S. in pharmacy from George Washington University. After school, he worked as a pharmacist at a local drug store. In 1955, he and his"