Harveys Furniture was a British retail chain, specialising in

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furniture, and was once the largest furniture specialist in the United Kingdom, with over 150 stores.About Harveys
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History

Harveys Furniture was established in the United Kingdom in 1966,Harveys Furnishing Limited
/ref> with its first store opening in Mare Street, East London. It began as a private company, selling textiles and home furnishings. In 2003, Harveys made the decision to move to a furniture only business, removing all textiles from their product portfolio. The company was acquired by

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in October 2005. Between 2004 to 2010, Harveys Furniture specialised in living room, dining room and bedroom furniture. However, in May 2010 the bedroom furniture range was removed from the catalogue and was taken over by Bensons for Beds, another brand by Steinhoff. A fire engulfed the branch in

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on 23 November 2013, following an arson attack. It reopened in March 2016. Harveys had its first celebrity partnership in September 2018, with

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, launching her own collection of sofas. In November 2019, Harveys and Bensons for Beds were acquired by private equity owner, Alteri Investors. On 30 June 2020 Harveys announced the company had officially gone into

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, with the immediate loss of 240 jobs.

External links

Harveys website

References

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