founded 1989 1 headquarters united kingdom key people chris dawson founder & ceo products home garden and leisure products number of employees 2 600 2006 website www.therange.co.uk the range tulip retail park leeds 2007 the range andover 2006 the range is a british home garden and leisure retail chain with currently over 100 stores in the united kingdom . history edit in 1980 chris dawson started business as an open air market trader in south west england . the range opened its first store in 1989 on billacombe road plymouth under the name cds superstores . 1 in 2009 the range was ranked 121st on the sunday times pricewaterhousecoopers top track and 250 league table of the united kingdom s fastest growing companies . dawson was ranked fifth in management today s seventh annual survey of britain s top 100 entrepreneurs . in november 2013 it was announced that the range planned to open 40 stores in the period of 2013 2016 . 2 chris dawson the chain s billionaire owner plans to open 1 000 store across europe . 3 in february 2016 the range confirms opening of a store in queensferry deeside in march 2016 . 4 references edit a b telford william 19 february 2015 . from market trader to millionaire the rise and rise of chris dawson and the range . plymouth herald . retrieved 31 march 2015 . did you know ... that the range plans to open 45 stores in the next three years . retail week . 29 november 2013 . retrieved 26 november 2014 . range boss chris dawson climbs rich list with 1.65 bn fortune . westernmorningnews . 25 april 2015 . retrieved 5 august 2015 . the range confirms opening date for new deeside store . dailypost . 4 february 2016 . retrieved 6 february 2016 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title the range retailer & oldid 737547669 categories arts and crafts retailerscompanies established in 19891989 establishments in the united kingdomgarden centresbritish brandshome improvement companies of the united kingdomretail companies of the united kingdomdepartment stores of the united kingdomcompanies based in plymouth devonhidden categories use dmy dates from april 2014pages using infobox company with unsupported parameters 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 3 september 2016 at 15 05 . 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