J E Beale

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J E Beale is a department store group based in Bournemouth, Dorset, England; operating 11 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 (closed October 2007), 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)
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