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capital number of employees 2 100 2010 website the original factory shop website the original factory shop is a discount department store that was established in 1969 and also trades as tofs . it currently operates over 200 stores across the united kingdom . contents 1 operations 1.1 online operations 2 performance 3 see also 4 references 5 external links operations edit the original factory shop garforth the original factory shop was established in 1969 as part of peter black s empire at first selling soap that was overmade by one of black s factories . expanding at a steady rate the now nationwide chain has over 190 outlets and has plans to have 500 stores by 2020 . its newest shop opened in maltby on 27 august 2016 the chain sells a wide range of products including fashion homewares toys and personal care products . the products can be from the chain s own lines branded products or cut label products from a high street chain or supermarket . during 2010 2011 the chain expanded its warehouse and offices in burnley by 100 000 square feet 9 300 m2 to provide for the future needs of the business . 1 online operations edit in mid 2010 the original factory shop opened its online store at first selling a limited range of instore products . in mid 2011 the online store was redeveloped several times and many new products were added including more items from instore and also exclusive online products such as beds home appliances and large toys . in august 2011 the original factory shop offered customers the chance to book and pay for products instore . since its opening the online store has proved strong sales . 2 3 4 performance edit sales for the last 6 weeks of december 2010 were very strong up 23 % . this was caused by extreme weather conditions forcing people to shop locally . during this time the company achieved their best day of sales on 24 december 2010 . their other achievements in this period included selling a pair of wellington boots every nine seconds of trading time and selling three times more advent calendars for dogs than human advent calendars . also in this period the chain opened 8 new stores across the uk meaning the chain opened 31 new stores in 2010 . the company opened a total of 15 new stores in 2011 11 in 2012 and 9 in 2013 . a further 15 opened in 2014 . in 2011 the chain did not perform as well with profits reduced due to economic conditions and massive investment in the chain including many store openings expansion of headquarters and warehouse and upgrading store equipment . 5 6 the chief executive of the original factory shop is former lloyds pharmacy boss tony page who replaced angela spindler in june 2013 . in may 2010 rumours surfaced that the parent company duke street capital put the chain up for sale for 200 million . 7 8 these rumours were later denied by the original factory shop and duke street capital . 9 see also edit woolworths group home bargains poundland references edit published on 23 02 2011 08 41 2011 02 23 . huge expansion of the original factory shop hq in burnley business news . burnley express . retrieved 2013 04 29 . multichannel retailing taken to new heights online shopping news from . shopsafe . 2013 04 25 . retrieved 2013 04 29 . news & star news business cumbrian firm gives you chance to shop online without using the internet . newsandstar.co.uk . 2011 08 01 . retrieved 2013 04 29 . retailer offers online stock for uk delivery in store myhermes parcel delivery news . news.myhermes.co.uk . retrieved 2013 04 29 . george macdonald 2011 08 01 . profits fall at original factory shop news . retail week . retrieved 2013 04 29 . george macdonald 2011 08 04 . tough trading is set to continue says spindler news . retail week . retrieved 2013 04 29 . the original factory shop put up for sale for 200m . telegraph . retrieved 2013 04 29 . duke street looks to dispose of the original factory shop . business sale.com . 2010 05 25 . retrieved 2013 04 29 . berwin lisa 2010 05 25 . original factory shop denies sale news . retail week . retrieved 2013 04 29 . external links edit the original factory shop online store website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title the original factory shop & oldid 740963595 categories retail companies of the united kingdomdiscount stores of the united kingdomretail companies established in 1969companies based in burnleyhidden categories wikipedia introduction cleanup from february 2013all pages needing cleanuparticles covered by wikiproject wikify from february 2013all articles covered by wikiproject wikifyarticles with a promotional tone from february 2013all articles with a promotional tonepages 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 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