Land of Leather was a furniture retail store based in Northfleet, Kent in the United Kingdom. It operated in the United Kingdom and Ireland.
The company was hit hard by the downward slope in the United Kingdom's housing market which was brought about by the decline in demand, due to a lesser number of people buying and moving homes.[1]
History
Land of Leather was founded in 1994 by Jerry Briant,[2] and in July 2005, the company was floated on the London Stock Exchange, with the assistance of the investment bank, Investec, using the symbol LAN.[3] In December 2008, the company employed 850 people in its 109 stores in the United Kingdom and Ireland.[4]