Sterling Furniture

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The main Sterling Furniture building, taken from the grounds of Sterling Mills Designer Outlet Village

Sterling Furniture is Scotland's largest furniture retail development based in Tillicoultry, Clackmannanshire. It was founded in 1974 by Stirling-based furniture retailer George Knowles, who based its concept on the out-of-town retail developments which had been successful in the United States. He bought and converted a disused mill in Tillicoultry, making it the largest furniture showroom in Scotland.

Knowles later expanded the complex to include a 'Homestore Outlet' and garden centre, and built the Sterling Mills outlet centre in disused factory buildings opposite the furniture warehouse.

Their television advertisements, starring Scottish football commentator Dougie Donnelly have become part of popular culture, together with the phrase "Tillicoultry, near Stirling" (even though Tillicoultry is 10 miles east of Stirling and ironically Sterling is nearer to Dollar than Stirling!)

Sterling have stores throughout Scotland in Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh, Inverness and Uddingston but the Tillicoultry HQ is by far the largest with a Homestore as well as two restaurants and a garden centre.