J E Beale
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J E Beale is a department store group based in Bournemouth, Dorset, England; operating 12 department stores in the UK. The flagship store, Beales in Bournemouth, was established as The Fancy Fair by John Elmes Beale in 1881. It is now the largest department store in Dorset. J E Beale is a member of Associated Independent Stores (a buying group) which enables Beales to benefit from the cost savings of buying textile and other non-food goods in bulk. The group acquired the Bentalls department stores in Ealing, Tonbridge and Worthing from Fenwick in 2002 and closed its Walton-on-Thames store in January 2006 due to redevelopment of the site. A new Beales store opened in Horsham in September 2006 in premises formerly occupied by Allders.
[edit] Department stores
- Bedford, Beales Bedford
- Bolton, Whitakers
- Bournemouth, Beales (formerly The Fancy Fair)
- Ealing, Beales Ealing (formerly Bentalls Ealing / Eldred Sayers & Sons)
- Horsham, Beales Horsham (formerly Allders Horsham)
- Kendal, Beales Kendal (formerly J R Taylor Kendal)
- Poole, Beales Poole
- Southport, Broadbents & Boothroyds (formerly Boothroyds)
- Tonbridge, Beales Tonbridge (formerly Bentalls Tonbridge)
- Winchester, Beales Winchester
- Worthing, Beales Worthing (formerly Bentalls Worthing / Bentalls / Bentall & Darby)
- Yeovil, Denners
[edit] Former locations
- Bournemouth, Bealesons
- Walton-on-Thames, Beales Walton-on-Thames
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