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Apr 22, 2016 · With a £250,000 loan from his dad Steve and another former employee of Hooty’s, Dave Dodd, launched Poundland. They opened their first store in Burton upon Trent on December 13, 1990, selling everything from Cadbury’s chocolate and Walker’s crisps to knickers, golf clubs and garden gnomes for, you’ve guessed it, £1.
Aug 3, 2009 · The company was launched in 1990, by a man called Steve Smith and his partner Dave Dodd, aided financially by Steve's dad Keith. The first store opened that year in Burton-on-Trent.
Mar 9, 2015 · In 1990, he and business partner Dave Dodd launched Poundland. After growing Poundland to 83 stores, he sold it a little over a decade later for £50 million to Advent International. The new...
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Jan 25, 2014 · Smith, who is backing the venture with his own money, said there was no plan to open physical shops. “I’ve been there and done that,” he said. Smith co-founded Poundland with Dave Dodd in 1990. Smith sold his share in Poundland for £50m in 2002.
With the help of a loan from his father, he and co-founder Dave Dodd opened the first of the chain in 1990 in Burton upon Trent. There are now 528 shops with annual sales of. STEVE SMITH,...
Feb 15, 2014 · Revealed: The secrets of pound shop tycoon Steve Smith. HE FAMOUSLY pocketed £50million in 2001 when he sold his share of the Poundland retail empire he founded 11 years earlier. By Sadie...
