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Beales is an English department store chain, currently operating 30 branches. The flagship store, Beales in Bournemouth, was established as The Fancy Fair by John Elmes Beale in 1881 and is currently the biggest department store in Dorset. The company is listed on the London Stock Exchange. ==History== Beales was established in 1881 by John Elmes Beale when he opened a store in Bournemouth. The group acquired the Bentalls department stores in Ealing (closed October 2007), Tonbridge and Worthing from Fenwick in 2002 and closed its Walton-on-Thames store in January 2006. A new Beales store opened in Horsham in September 2006 in premises formerly occupied by Allders. On 4 June 2010 Beales acquired the Robbs department store in Hexham from Vergo Retail which was in administration, for £250,000. In August 2010 Beales expanded further by acquiring the Westgate Department Store in Rochdale from the Anglia Regional Co-operative Society. As of 5 April 2011, Beales acquired 19 additional Westgate stores, securing its long-term future. In May 2012 Beales announced it would be opening an outlet store in the old T.J. Hughes store in The Mall Maidstone. This store closed in June 2013.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.kentonline.co.uk/kent_messenger/news/2013/february/27/beales_store_to_close.aspx )〕 In addition a branch in Skipton closed in November 2012, a branch in Cinderford closed in July 2013 (). In summer 2014, the large Harrogate store closed for re-development of the land by the landlord 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Beales (department store)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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