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Fenwick is an independent chain of department stores in the United Kingdom. It was founded in 1882 by John James Fenwick in Newcastle upon Tyne, and today consists of 11 branches. As of 2012, the chain is still owned by the Fenwick family and the company is chaired by Mark Fenwick. The company is reported to be valued at £452million. ==History== . The store's founder, John James Fenwick, was born in Richmond, North Yorkshire in 1846.〔http://www.richmondshiremuseum.org.uk/exhibits.html〕 The original store was opened in Newcastle upon Tyne in 1882 and sold only mantles, silk goods, dresses, fabrics and trimmings and did not broaden into a department store until John's eldest son Fred Fenwick joined the business in 1890. Fred had trained in retail in Paris and is said to have been inspired by Le Bon Marché, which is regarded as one of the first ever department stores. Fenwick has since expanded its operations. In 1888 it opened a store in Sunderland, however this closed within the year.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Victoria County History )〕 In 1891 it opened a branch in Bond Street, London.〔Anne Pimlott Baker, ‘Fenwick family (per. 1882–1979)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 (accessed 29 April 2011 )〕 This store was later doubled in size in 1980. The company bought the Joseph Johnson store in Leicester in 1962. This store was subsequently rebranded as Fenwick. Fenwick was the anchor department store for the 1976 opening of Brent Cross Shopping Centre in London, which was the first large enclosed shopping centre in the UK. Outlets in Windsor and York followed in 1980 and 1984 respectively, but offer a limited range of departments, specialising in clothing, fashion accessories and cosmetics as the focus of their range. The Ricemans store in Canterbury was acquired in 1986, and was rebranded as Fenwick in 2003. The Tunbridge Wells store opened in 1992. Fenwick acquired the Bentalls group for £70.8 million during 2001 which at that time comprised six department stores, in: Bracknell, Ealing, Kingston upon Thames, Lakeside, Tonbridge and Worthing.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Fenwick buys Bentalls in £70m deal )〕 The Lakeside store was closed, and three branches (in Ealing, Tonbridge and Worthing) were subsequently sold to J E Beale, with Fenwick retaining only two of the stores, in Kingston upon Thames and Bracknell. In 2007 the group further expanded by purchasing Williams & Griffin, a well regarded independent department store, in Colchester, Essex. 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「Fenwick (department store)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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