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1. The Boots Company was founded by John Boot in 1849, but what was the first name of his son, who transformed it into a national chain?
 
Jasper
Jesse
Joseph
Josiah
 
 
2. Where did Michael Marks, of Marks & Spencer, open his first Penny Bazaar in 1884?
 
Leeds
Liverpool
Manchester
Newcastle
 
 
3. What were the first names of F W Woolworth, who founded the company that bears his name in 1878?
 
Frank Walter
Frank Wilbur
Frank Winfield
Frank Winston

The company introduced the brand name Winfield in the 1960s
 
 
4. In 1993 Jacqueline Gold became managing director of which retail chain?
 
Laura Ashley
Vicky Martin
Dorothy Perkins
Ann Summers
 
 
5. According to KFC, Colonel Sanders' 'secret recipe' contains how many herbs and spices?
 
9
10
11
12
 
 
6. What do the initials stand for in the name of the furniture retailer MFI?
 
Mallard Furniture Industries
Molloy Furniture Industries
Muldoon Furniture Industries
Mullard Furniture Industries

Mullard was the maiden name of the wife of one of the co-founders
 
 
7. The car accessories and cycle retailer Halfords took its name from a street in which city?
 
Birmingham
Coventry
Leicester
Nottingham
 
 
8. Which supermarket chain began life as a one-man business operated by Jack Cohen in 1919?
 
Morrisons
Safeway
Sainsbury's
Tesco

He opened his first store in Edgware, London in 1929
 
 
9. Which US company bought ASDA in 1999?
 
A & P
Piggly Wiggly
Target Stores
Wal-Mart
 
 
10. The now defunct UK chain Freeman, Hardy and Willis was a retailer of what?
 
Footwear
Photographic equipment
Sporting goods
Toys
 
 
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