The Original Factory Shop

The Original Factory Shop (TOFS) is a Burnley-based discount department store which operates nearly 200 stores throughout the UK. Retail Week provides news, analysis, features and opinion about TOFS and the department stores sector.

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News
The Original Factory Shop drafts in former Poundland exec as new managing director
2025-05-07T06:28:00+01:00By Chloe Mills
Discount retailer The Original Factory Shop has named a new managing director.
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WHSmith buyer restricted from immediate store closures
2025-05-06T05:42:00+01:00By Ellis Hawthorne
The new owner of WHSmith’s high street stores cannot initiate widespread closures for at least 12 months, despite planning rapid restructuring at its other retail properties.
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Hundreds of jobs potentially at risk at The Original Factory Shop
2025-04-25T06:35:00+01:00By George Arnett
Owner Modella Capital is aiming to renegotiate rents at almost half of the company’s stores, according to a Sky News report.

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Analysis

WHSmith: Can its new owners make the high street business actually work?

2025-03-31T14:40:00+01:00By Megan Robinson

After 233 years on the high street, news broke last week that WHSmith’s high street business has been sold to Modella Capital for £76m

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The Original Factory Shop’s new owner considers major restructuring

2025-03-19T07:26:00+00:00By Ellis Hawthorne

The new owner of The Original Factory Shop (TOFS) is drawing up plans for a significant restructuring of the discount retailer shortly after taking control.

Race for WHSmith high street business down to two bidders
2025-03-10T07:15:00+00:00By George Arnett
The Original Factory Shop has been bought by Hobbycraft’s owner
2025-02-21T11:44:00+00:00By Megan Robinson
The Original Factory Shop is close to being acquired
2025-01-24T15:53:00+00:00By Megan Robinson
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2024-04-24T05:00:00+01:00By Megan Robinson

TOFS picks managing director for new chief executive
2024-01-31T14:19:00+00:00By Megan Robinson
Exclusive: PureGym and Poundstretcher eye former Wilko stores
2023-09-26T10:56:00+01:00By Megan Robinson
Price cuts vs promotional offers: what have the discounters decided?
2023-08-30T05:00:00+01:00By Megan Robinson
‘Wilko’s demise doesn’t mean the death of the high street’
2023-08-24T14:50:00+01:00By George MacDonald

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