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Confirmation of appointment of Nick Wilkinson
Confirmation of appointment of Nick Wilkinson.
About this update from Dunelm Group Plc
[{"type":"text","content":"\n \nRNS Number : 5345D Dunelm Group plc 01 February 2018 \n\n \n \n \n1 February 2018\n \nDunelm Group plc\n \nConfirmation of appointment of Nick Wilkinson as Chief Executive\n \nFurther to the announcement made on 21 December 2017, Dunelm Group plc (\"Dunelm\" or the \"Company\"), the UK's leading homewares retailer, is pleased to confirm that Nick Wilkinson has today joined the Board as Chief Executive.\n \nNick is the beneficial owner of 38,855 ordinary shares of 1 pence each in the Company, which he purchased on 19 January 2018 at a price of 640.2p per share. This was in accordance with his commitment to purchase Dunelm shares on joining the Company, as set out in Dunelm's approved 2017 Remuneration Policy.\n \n \nEnds\n \n \nFor further information, please contact:\n\n\n\n\n \nMHP Communications\n\n\n \n020 3128 8100\n\n\n\n\n \nSimon Hockridge\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n \n \nNotes to Editors\n \n1. Dunelm was founded in 1979 as a market stall business, selling ready-made curtains. The first shop was opened in Leicester in 1984 and over the following years the business developed into a successful chain of high street shops before expanding, following the opening of the first Dunelm superstore in 1991, into broader homewares categories. Dunelm is now a multi-channel retailer, with Dunelm.com being launched in 2005 and the acquisition of the Worldstores Group accelerating this yet further. Today, around 20% of sales are generated online. \n \n2. Dunelm is market leader in the £12bn UK homewares market and active in the £11bn UK furniture market. It currently operates 173 stores, of which 169 are out-of-town superstores and 4 are located on high streets, and online stores, the largest of which can be found at www.dunelm.com, www.worldstores.co.uk, www.kiddicare.com and www.achica.com. Dunelm employs approximately 10,000 colleagues and sells around 30,000 product lines in store, increasing to around 300,000 online. \n3. Dunelm, \"The Home of Homes\", offers a customer proposition of style, value, quality and ease of shopping. From its textiles heritage, in areas such as bedding, curtains, cushions, quilts and pillows, Dunelm has rapidly broadened its product o...