successor coin furniture ltd. founded may 9 2002 2002 05 09 founders aamir ahmad sean galligan dave garret headquarters london england number of locations 15 stores area served united kingdom products home accessories furniture parent dfs website dwell.co.uk dwell is a retailer of furniture in the united kingdom . the company was originally established in 2002 as dwell retail ltd. and opened its first store in london the following year . after falling into administration it was re established in july 2013 . the company was acquired by british retail group dfs in august 2014 . 1 contents 1 history 2 current 3 references 4 external links history edit founded by aamir ahmad sean galligan and dave garret dwell began trading with a single store in balham in 2003 . 2 it grew across london with stores in balham islington kingston richmond tottenham court road and westfield . in 2010 the company received 5m in funding from key capital partners . 3 4 the company announced plans to expand to 60 stores and 20 concessions across the uk within five years 5 6 7 and opened a flagship store on tottenham court road . 8 by the end of 2010 the company had 24 stores including a concession in house of fraser and had locations across uk including birmingham cardiff manchester and glasgow . 9 in november 2012 the founders left the business and a new management team was installed by key capital partners . on 20 june 2013 dwell retail announced that they had ceased trading with immediate effect and all 24 stores plus the concession outlet were closed . 10 current edit in july 2013 the original founders formed a new company coin furniture ltd cfl which brought the brand out of administration . headquartered at london bridge and with distribution based in dunstable the company took on 120 former staff and re opened with six stores . in february 2014 dwell entered into a marketing partnership with larger retailer dfs . this led to dwell s acquisition by dfs in august 2014 . 11 references edit harrison nicola 20 august 2014 . dfs acquires furniture brand dwell to attract young urban shoppers . retail week . emap . retrieved 6 november 2014 . contact page from dwell website retrieved via wayback machine showing one store in balham 2003 dwell retail in the wayback machine 2003 kcp becomes part of the furniture with dwell cambridge network dwell acquires 5m funding dwell hires chairman as it eyes habitat acquisition retail week dwell to rapidly expand to 60 stores in uk dwell retail limited . bloomberg businessweek . retrieved november 21 2010 . dwell ups marketing as it prepares to open london flagship marketing week stores page at dwell retail website dwell website furniture retailer dwell ceases trading . bbc . 20 june 2013 . retrieved 21 june 2013 . blitz roger 2014 08 20 . dfs buys smaller furniture chain dwell . ft. ft. retrieved 6 11 2014 . check date values in access date help external links edit official website this article about a retailer in the united kingdom is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title dwell retailer & oldid 733814504 categories furniture retailers of the united kingdomretail companies based in londonretail companies established in 20022002 establishments in englandunited kingdom retail company stubshidden categories cs1 errors datespages using infobox company with unsupported parametersuse mdy dates from april 2013all stub articles 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 10 august 2016 at 08 20 . 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