Storehouse plc, traded as Storehouse, was a large UK retail business formed by Terence Conran through the merger of various high street chains. It was listed on the London Stock Exchange and was a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index until it was reduced in size and renamed Mothercare in 2000.
History
The company was formed in 1986 by the merger of Habitat Mothercare PLC with British Home Stores PLC. The shareholders of BHS held 55% of the resulting company, and Habitat Mothercare shareholders the remaining 45%. The company's brands included British Home Stores (including their 50% stake in SavaCentre), Habitat, Conran's, Conran Design Group, Conran Studios,[1] Mothercare (including Habitat Mothercare's 20% stake in Fnac[2]