Asda Stores Limited was founded in 1949 as Associated Dairies & Farm Stores Limited by a group of farmers from Yorkshire.
The Asda name wasn’t adopted until 1965 when the company merged with the Asquith chain of three supermarkets and...
Asda operates three different store formats in the UK ; Asda Supermarkets, Asda Wal-Mart Supercentres and Asda Living stores. All stores are based on Wal-Mart’s larger footprint format and there are no "local" format smaller-footprint stores.
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Asda operates its own clothing range known as George, named after original chief designer George Davis, who was also the founder of Next. Ever since its launch in 1990, Asda has marketed the brand as high quality fashion clothing at affordable...
Asda has been running an online retailing service since 1998. Asda.co.uk began by offering a grocery delivery operation to online shoppers but soon expanded into retailing non-food goods online. Current categories include furniture, games,...
Another part of Asda’s online operations is AsdaFinance.com - the retailer’s financial services division. Asda works with big industry names such as Norwich Union, GE Money and Bradford and Bingley to offer customers a range of services...
Asda is also engaged in property development through its subsidiary company, Gazeley Properties Limited. Gazeley is involved in the development of distribution warehousing in the UK, mainland Europe, China, India and Mexico. In June 2008 the group...
