Dunelm Group

Dunelm

Type	Public (: )
Industry	Soft furnishing retailing and manufacturing (Homewares)
Founded	Leicester, Leicestershire, England 1979 by Bill Adderley & Jean Adderley
Headquarters	Syston, Leicestershire, UK
Key people	Andy Harrison, (Chairman) John Browett, (CEO)
Products	Homewares – dining, cookshop, crafts, pictures and mirrors, lighting, storage, flowers and decor, rugs and doormats, duvets and pillows, bathroom, fabrics and custom curtains, blinds, bedlinen, furniture, pets, cushions, throws and beanbags, curtain tracks and poles, Pausa coffee shop
Revenue	£880.9 million (2016)
Operating income	£129.3 million (2016)
Net income	£102.3 million (2016)
Number of employees	5,675 (2016)
Website	www.dunelm.com

Dunelm Group plc (formerly Dunelm Mill) is a United Kingdom-based home furnishings retailer with 150 stores and over 100 in-store Pausa coffee shops, throughout the United Kingdom. One of the largest homewares retailers in the United Kingdom, Dunelm's headquarters are in Watermead Business Park, Syston in Leicestershire, England. It also has its own factory for curtains, blinds and accessories, based in Leicester.

It is listed on the and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.

Dunelm was founded in 1979 by Bill Adderley and Jean Adderley, trading in home textiles from a market stall in Leicester. The first Dunelm store opened in Churchgate Leicester in 1984 with the first superstore opening in Rotherham in 1991. In 1996 Will Adderley took over responsibility for the day-to-day running of the company from his father, Bill Adderley. The expansion of Dunelm continued with a new head office and warehouse being established in 1999 in Syston, Leicestershire.

In 2001 the company ventured into manufacturing, acquiring Bellbird producing custom-made curtains, blinds and accessories, with the facility now being known as Dunelm's Manufacturing Centre. On reaching their 50th store (Walsall) Dunelm opened a new warehouse in Burton. Key appointments were made in 2003 with David Stead being brought in as Finance Director; this also coinciding with Dunelm's 60th store (Ilkeston) and the roll out of EPOS. 2004 saw the company appointing Geoff Cooper as Non-Executive Chairman and Marion Sears as a Non-Executive Director. It also saw the opening of their 70th store (Trafford). Two years later Dunelm opened its 80th store (Bradford), a new distribution centre in Stoke, and launched their online shopping facility, offering 13,000 homewares products and floated on the with it now being a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.