Talk:Debenhams

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Debenhams was not formerly Debenham and Freebody. It was formerly Marshall and Snelgrove on Oxford Street.

Marshall and Snelgrove / Debenhams is on Oxford Street, and Debenham & Freebody was on Wigmore Street. Marshall & Snelgrove bought Debenham & Freebody at some point - there were tunnels and whatnot between the stores that disappeared when Marshall & Snelgrove / Debenhams was rebuilt in the early 1970s. I think the name was changed roughly the same time.

Debenham & Freebody was much more upmarket that Marshall & Snelgrove/Debenhams and closed getting on for thirty years ago.

[edit] Removal of former locations

The removal of former locations of branches by Mark83 should have been made an area of discussion before action. The wholesale deletion of correct factual information is unacceptable in my opinion. The former locations of stores is relevant not only in terms of the company's history but as part of the local commercial and social history particular to each of the locations to which the article is linked.

AndrewSE19

The section on "Recent financial problems and profit warning" is appalling. It needs to be purged to about a quarter of its current size and completely rewritten. It reads like it has been lifted out of the editorial page in a business magazine. - Konrad