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Confirmation of appointment of Rachel Osborne
Confirmation of appointment of Rachel Osborne.
About this update from Dunelm Group Plc
[{"type":"text","content":"\n \nRNS Number : 2208J Dunelm Group plc 03 April 2018 \n\n \n \n \n3 April 2018\n \nDunelm Group plc\n \nConfirmation of appointment of Rachel Osborne as Non-Executive Director\n \nFurther to the announcement made on 20 November 2017, Dunelm Group plc (\"Dunelm\" or the \"Company\"), the UK's leading homewares retailer, is pleased to confirm that Rachel Osborne joined the Board on 1 April 2018 as a Non-Executive Director.\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 offering to a complete homewares offer including the likes of kitchenware, dining, lighting, seasonal, wall art and rugs. Dunelm is one of the few national retailers to offer an authoritative selection of curtain fabrics on the roll, and owns a specialist UK facility dedicated to producing made-to-mea...