T J Hughes

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T J Hughes
Type	Private
Founded	1912
Headquarters	Liverpool
Industry	Retail
Website	http://www.tjhughes.co.uk

T J Hughes is a discount department store company founded in 1912 in Liverpool, England. The company has fifty department stores in the United Kingdom. T J Hughes specializes in home and fashion, fragrance and cosmetics.^[1]

The company floated on the Stock Exchange in 1992, and was acquired by JJB Sports.^{[citation needed]} Fergus Patterson is the Retail Operations Director (ex Barclays, WHSmith and the Burton Group), Muriel Stirling, Marketing Director (WHSmith, IMP, Whitbread and Gillette), and Clare Quinn, HR Director (ex Royal Doulton and Matalan). They join with Richard Foggin, Property Director and Chris McKeown Logistics Director to make up the new Management Executive.

Today, T J Hughes trades from 1,800,000 square feet (167,000 m²) of retail space with 50 department stores nationwide.^{[citation needed]} The stores are located across the UK from Eastbourne in the South to Dundee in the North.^{[citation needed]}

T J Hughes have recently launched an innovative^{[citation needed]} advertising campaign, featuring relatives of famous celebrities.

e.g. They used Manchester United superstar Wayne Rooney's brother (Graham Rooney) as part of an advertising campaign.