TJ Hughes

TJ Hughes the department store became insolvent in 2011 after their Administrators declared the company bankrupt. The company went into administration due to falling sales at the department store chain led to the loss of supplier and credit insurer confidence.

• Year Founded: 1912
• Total Number of Employees: 4,000
• Total Number of Jobs Lost: 2,200
• Number of Retail Shops: 57
• Managing Director/CEO: Anil Juneja

...2019: Six stores were bought out in 2011 by Lewis’s Home Retail Ltd. These stores continued trading under TJ Hughes. Since 2012 there has also been a series of stores which have reopened in previous existing locations as well as new locations, most recently in 2018 in Dundee. TJ Hughes says it may open as many as 55 stores in total.