industry retailer founded london bridge england 1978 headquarters london england key people julian richer founder david robinson chairman claudia vernon marketing director products hi fi home cinema lcd & plasma tv number of employees 403 2009 slogan the uk s hi fi home cinema & flat panel tv specialists website www.richersounds.com richer sounds store in the city of london richer sounds store in southampton a typical shop layout richer sounds original logo 1978 2006 richer sounds is a british home entertainment retailer that operates online and through a chain of 53 stores distributed across the united kingdom . the business is 100 % owned by julian richer the founder and managing director of the company . contents 1 history of the business 2 awards 3 see also 4 notes 5 references 6 external links history of the business edit richer sounds formally began trading in 1978 . aged 19 richer opened his first shop near london bridge with the help of photography retailer vic odden . for over 20 years this store has been listed in the guinness book of records for the highest sales per square foot of any retail outlet in the world . 1 richer sounds was initially known citation needed for selling budget audio equipment in a pile it high and sell it cheap fashion but in recent years it has moved upmarket and expanded its range and service offering from just audio products to encompass television home cinema equipment and installations . in 2007 8 the company launched ranges of audiophile hi fi multi room and high end home cinema solutions with some stores providing demonstration rooms for customers . the company also instituted a corporate rebrand redesigning their logo and literature and instituting a programme of facelifts expansions and relocations of their stores . citation needed in november 2013 julian richer announced to the press that upon his death his testament will bequeath 100 % of the firm to a trust which will be owned equally by all employees of the company . 2 3 awards edit in january 2011 richer sounds received a royal warrant . 4 see also edit julian richer notes edit the independent julian richer talks about employee suggestion schemes customerserviceworld.com julian richer talks about employee suggestion schemes managementtoday.com ninety five per cent of this man s staff say they love working for him . what s his secret topmba.com increasing human and social capital by applying job embeddedness theory the guardian richer sounds charitable donations trainingmag.com richer sounds suggestion scheme bbc reports on richer sounds being named as winner of the which high street shop survey 2011 references edit guinness world records 2000 . 2000 . isbn 0 85112 098 9 . kunal dutta 19 november 2013 . i lack a spoilt child to run the business hi fi tycoon julian richer to leave company to his staff . the independent . retrieved 19 february 2014 . jonathan moules 19 november 2014 . richer sounds business to be bequeathed to employees . the financial times . retrieved 19 february 2014 . http www.whathifi.com news richer by royal appointment external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title richer sounds & oldid 731509494 categories consumer electronics retailers of the united kingdomretail companies established in 19781978 establishments in the united kingdomhidden categories all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from july 2010 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 25 july 2016 at 20 27 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view