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Fortnum & Mason: three centuries of Piccadilly grocery and gifting
Fortnum & Mason, founded in 1707 on London's Piccadilly, is a privately owned luxury grocer and department store famous for its hampers, tea and royal warrants.
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Brand stores, specialty and independent retailers selling direct.
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Hotel Chocolat: the British chocolatier that owns its own cocoa estate
Hotel Chocolat, the British chocolatier founded by Angus Thirlwell and Peter Harris, runs its own shops and a Saint Lucia cocoa estate, and is owned by Mars.
Shops
Lush: how a Poole bath-bomb workshop became a global cosmetics brand
Lush, founded in Poole in 1995, makes and sells its own fresh handmade cosmetics through more than 100 UK shops and 869 stores across 50 countries.
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Rituals: the Amsterdam wellbeing brand that hit 100 UK shops
Rituals, the Amsterdam-founded body and home-fragrance brand, passed 100 UK shops in 2025 and sells its products through boutiques across Britain and Ireland.
Shops
Superdry: the Cheltenham fashion brand that went private to reinvent itself
Superdry, the Cheltenham fashion brand founded by Julian Dunkerton, delisted from the stock market in 2024 and returned to profit as a private company.
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Waterstones: how Britain's last big bookshop chain turned itself around
Waterstones, founded in 1982 by Tim Waterstone, is the UK's largest bookshop chain, with 317 shops and a curated, store-led model under James Daunt.