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  • Sector Consumer
  • Location London
  • Date acquired 2010
  • Transaction size Not disclosed

Hobbycraft

Hobbycraft is the UK’s largest multi-channel crafts retailer. Founded in 1995, it has 87 large format stores throughout the UK catering for over 250 pursuits including hobbies such as knitting, needlecraft, modelling, art and paper craft and an e-commerce platform.

Within no sizeable competition and a highly regarded brand, Hobbycraft is capable of material further roll-out in the UK to allow it to take share from smaller specialists and generalist competitors alike, thereby extending its category leadership. This has included building a new distribution centre, building out its multi-channel presence, particularly online and launching a loyalty club of over 2.6 million members.

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