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Alba (electronics Brand)
Alba was a British consumer electronics company and brand name that produced budget electronics. Its origins date to 1917 when it became active in the radio and TV industry as A.J. Balcombe Ltd. Under new ownership in the 1980s, when it was scooped up by Harvard International, it was restructured under Alba plc which owned and marketed numerous other brands in addition to Alba, including Bush (brand), Bush (which it acquired in 1988), becoming popular in the low-end market in the UK. The Alba Group later also consisted of further acquired brands Goodmans Industries, Goodmans, Grundig, and home appliance brands such as Breville (UK brand), Breville and Dirt Devil. The Alba Group came to an end in 2008 when both the Alba and Bush brands were bought by the Home Retail Group, the parent company of the retailer Argos (retailer), Argos in 2008, who in turn was taken over by Sainsbury's, J Sainsbury plc in 2016. The Alba brand was quietly dropped by Sainsbury's in 2022 in favour of it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
J Sainsbury Plc
J Sainsbury plc, trading as Sainsbury's, is a British supermarket and the second-largest chain of supermarkets in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1869 by John James Sainsbury with a shop in Drury Lane, London, the company was the largest UK retailer of groceries for most of the 20th century. In 1995, Tesco became the market leader when it overtook Sainsbury's, which has since been ranked second or third: it was overtaken by Asda from 2003 to 2014, and again for one month in 2019. In 2018, a planned merger with Asda was blocked by the Competition and Markets Authority over concerns of increased prices for consumers. The holding company, J Sainsbury plc, is split into three divisions: Sainsbury's Supermarkets Ltd ( including convenience shops), Sainsbury's Bank, and Argos. The group also owns and operates the Habitat furniture retailer, Nectar card, Tu clothing brand and Bush electronics brand. As of 2021, the largest overall shareholder is the sovereign wealth fund of Qa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ministry Of Sound
Ministry of Sound or Ministry of Sound Group is a multimedia entertainment business based in London with a nightclub, shared workspace and private members' club, worldwide events operation, music publisher (popular music), music publishing business and fitness studio. James Palumbo, Baron Palumbo of Southwark, James Palumbo is the co-founder and former chairman and CEO of the Group. He handed over the day-to-day running of the business to Lohan Presencer in 2008. In 2018, Presencer became chairman. Nightclub Ministry of Sound began as the idea of Justin Berkmann. Inspired by New York's Paradise Garage - which he described as "an amazing club. It had lights, darkness, music, quiet – everything you wanted" As opposed to striking a balance between the typical hallmarks of a live music venue, Ministry of Sound was conceived as an arena purely dedicated to sound. Berkmann stated: "My concept for Ministry was purely this: 100% sound system first, lights second, design third (in tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Disney
The Walt Disney Company, commonly referred to as simply Disney, is an American multinational mass media and entertainment industry, entertainment conglomerate (company), conglomerate headquartered at the Walt Disney Studios (Burbank), Walt Disney Studios complex in Burbank, California. Disney was founded on October 16, 1923, as an animation studio, by brothers Walt Disney and Roy O. Disney, Roy Oliver Disney as Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio; it later operated under the names Walt Disney Studio and Walt Disney Productions before adopting its current name in 1986. In 1928, Disney established itself as a leader in the animation industry with the short film ''Steamboat Willie.'' The film used synchronized sound to become the first post-produced sound cartoon, and popularized Mickey Mouse, who became Disney's mascot and corporate icon. After becoming a success by the early 1940s, Disney diversified into live-action films, television, and theme parks in the 1950s. However, followin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goodmans (electronics)
Goodmans is a British consumer electronics brand, currently under the ownership of the B&M Group. It originated as a company named Goodmans Industries in Wembley and later based in Hampshire, best known for loudspeakers. A wide range of products have been marketed under the name, traditionally focused in audio, stand-alone speakers and radios, but now expanded to various other electronics. Company and brand history Goodmans Industries was founded in 1923, 1925, or 1926,https://www.bvws.org.uk/publications/bulletins/pdf/BVWS_Bulletin_30_4.pdf in Wembley, Middlesex. The company started as a manufacturer of loudspeakers for public address systems. The company was sold in 1959 to Relay Exchanges Ltd. and through a series of sales and mergers ended up under ownership of Radio Rentaset Ltd. and then Radio Rentals. As of the post-war period through to the 1960s, Goodmans Industries was based in Lancelot Road, Wembley, where production and engineering took place. Following a merger resu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Homebase
Homebase was a British Home improvement center, home improvement and garden centre retailer that operated across the United Kingdom and Ireland. It was founded by British supermarket chain Sainsbury's and Belgian retailer GIB Group, GB-Inno-BM in March 1981, as Sainsbury's Homebase. By the end of the 1980s, it opened its fiftieth store, making it the UK's fourth biggest home improvement retailer. The retailer purchased rival Texas Homecare in January 1995, which helped grow its market share to third place, behind B&Q and Focus DIY, Focus-Wickes. In 1999, it was renamed to Homebase, and then sold to Schroder Ventures in December 2000. In November 2002, it was sold to Argos Retail Group, which later became Home Retail Group in October 2006. In January 2016, Wesfarmers purchased Homebase in a botched attempt to convert the stores to its Bunnings, Bunnings Warehouse format, ultimately losing £1 billion in total. In August 2018, Homebase was sold to restructuring firm Hil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alba Pink TV
''Alba'' ( , ) is the Scottish Gaelic name for Scotland. It is also, in English-language historiography, used to refer to the polity of Picts and Scots united in the ninth century as the Kingdom of Alba, until it developed into the Kingdom of Scotland of the late Middle Ages following the absorption of Strathclyde and English-speaking Lothian in the 12th century. It is cognate with the Irish term ' (gen. ', dat. ') and the Manx term ', the two other Goidelic Insular Celtic languages, as well as contemporary words used in Cornish (') and Welsh ('), both of which are Brythonic Insular Celtic languages. The third surviving Brythonic language, Breton, instead uses ', meaning 'country of the Scots'. In the past, these terms were names for Great Britain as a whole, related to the Brythonic name Albion. Etymology The term first appears in classical texts as ' or ' (in Ptolemy's writings in Greek), and later as ' in Latin documents. Historically, the term refers to Brita ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vestel
Vestel is a Turkish home and professional appliances manufacturing company consisting of 18 companies specialised in electronics, major appliances and information technology. Vestel's headquarters and production plant are located in Manisa, while since 1994 the company's parent conglomerate is the Istanbul based Zorlu Holding. Vestel, together with its subsidiary brands has a significant share in the European market of consumer electronics and home appliances, in particular TV sets.Businessweek: "The Unknown TV Giant" As of 2006, Vestel was the largest TV producer in Europe with more than 8 million units sold, accounting for a quarter of the European market. Vestel also has a subsidiary brand [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Far East
The Far East is the geographical region that encompasses the easternmost portion of the Asian continent, including North Asia, North, East Asia, East and Southeast Asia. South Asia is sometimes also included in the definition of the term. In modern times, the term ''Far East'' has widely fallen out of use and been substituted by Asia–Pacific, while the terms Middle East and Near East, although now pertaining to different territories, are still commonly used today. The term first came into use in European geopolitical discourse in the 15th century, particularly the British people, British, denoting the Far East as the "farthest" of the three "Easts", beyond the Near East and the Middle East. Likewise, during the Qing dynasty of the 19th and early 20th centuries, the term "Far West (Taixi), Tàixī ()" – i.e., anything further west than the Arab world – was used to refer to the Western countries. Since the mid-20th century, the term has mostly gone out of use for the region ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alba Black Boombox
''Alba'' ( , ) is the Scottish Gaelic name for Scotland. It is also, in English-language historiography, used to refer to the polity of Picts and Scots united in the ninth century as the Kingdom of Alba, until it developed into the Kingdom of Scotland of the late Middle Ages following the absorption of Strathclyde and English-speaking Lothian in the 12th century. It is cognate with the Irish term ' (gen. ', dat. ') and the Manx term ', the two other Goidelic Insular Celtic languages, as well as contemporary words used in Cornish (') and Welsh ('), both of which are Brythonic Insular Celtic languages. The third surviving Brythonic language, Breton, instead uses ', meaning 'country of the Scots'. In the past, these terms were names for Great Britain as a whole, related to the Brythonic name Albion. Etymology The term first appears in classical texts as ' or ' (in Ptolemy's writings in Greek), and later as ' in Latin documents. Historically, the term refers to Brita ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NTL Incorporated
NTL Incorporated, branded as ntl:, was a United States-listed British company founded in 1992, which provided cable television, cable internet and fixed-line cable telephone services. While NTL had its headquarters in New York City, the company's activities focused heavily on the United Kingdom, with operational headquarters in Hook, Hampshire. NTL became the dominant cable operator in the United Kingdom, controlling more than 90% of the market. In 2005 residential services generated 78% of NTL's revenue, and business services 22%. In March 2006, NTL merged with fellow cable telecom company Telewest, and created 'NTL:Telewest', which then also merged with Virgin Mobile UK and Virgin.net in June 2006, creating the UK's first " quadruple play" telecom provider, offering television, internet, landline phone and mobile phone services. In February 2007, NTL:Telewest was rebranded as Virgin Media. History 1992–2006 Barclay Knapp and George Blumenthal, the founders of Am ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicky Clarke
Nicky Clarke (born 17 June 1958) is an English hair stylist and media personality. Early life Clarke grew up in a working-class family and lived in a council flat in London. His mother was a Greek immigrant who met his father when he was stationed in Greece during the war. In the 1980s, Clarke suffered from a heroin addiction which nearly cost him his life. His then girlfriend, Lesley, gave him an ultimatum of kicking him out or calling the police if he didn't get off the drugs, prompting him to seek help. Clarke said "It’s my biggest regret, and it horrifies me even now, but I have been in rehab for heroin addiction. It was a very short period of my life and I went in with a small but regular heroin habit that I had for a year. I am sickened when I look back." Career Clarke's interest in hairdressing began when he was a teenager. He started off giving his friends and classmates trims before styling professionally aged just 16. When Clarke was 17, he had his first Vogue sho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
