Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { ?s ?p "Poundland is a British variety store chain which sells most items in its stores for £1. Established in April 1990 by Dave Dodd and Stephen Smith, Poundland stock a variety of around 3,000 home and kitchen-ware, gifts, healthcare and other products, across 16 categories many of which are brand name and clearance products. Like many of its rivals, Poundland operates a constantly rotating product line with all products priced £1. Although price-point retailing was invented in the United States during the 1870s, the chain claims to have introduced this concept to Europe and is the largest single-price discount retailer in Europe. The retailer claims that their Croydon store is the busiest single-priced discount outlet in the world, generating more than £9 million in revenue per year with 30,000 customers a week, which as of December 2008, was more than any of its yen and dollar counterparts in Japan and the US respectively. The company estimates it serves 2.75 million customers in an average week.Poundland have enjoyed strong sales growth and have maintained steady profit growth against increasing inflation. This, among other factors, has been aided by a strong customer base of predominantly female shoppers every week in the C1, C2, D and E categories (the working classes in a system of demographic classification used in the United Kingdom). The chain employs 10,020 staff and their company union is the Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers (USDAW). Their closest rivals in the market are Poundworld and 99p Stores, who undercut Poundland's prices by a penny, although in February 2015 Poundland announced plans to buy 99p Stores.It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index."@en }
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- Poundland abstract "Poundland is a British variety store chain which sells most items in its stores for £1. Established in April 1990 by Dave Dodd and Stephen Smith, Poundland stock a variety of around 3,000 home and kitchen-ware, gifts, healthcare and other products, across 16 categories many of which are brand name and clearance products. Like many of its rivals, Poundland operates a constantly rotating product line with all products priced £1. Although price-point retailing was invented in the United States during the 1870s, the chain claims to have introduced this concept to Europe and is the largest single-price discount retailer in Europe. The retailer claims that their Croydon store is the busiest single-priced discount outlet in the world, generating more than £9 million in revenue per year with 30,000 customers a week, which as of December 2008, was more than any of its yen and dollar counterparts in Japan and the US respectively. The company estimates it serves 2.75 million customers in an average week.Poundland have enjoyed strong sales growth and have maintained steady profit growth against increasing inflation. This, among other factors, has been aided by a strong customer base of predominantly female shoppers every week in the C1, C2, D and E categories (the working classes in a system of demographic classification used in the United Kingdom). The chain employs 10,020 staff and their company union is the Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers (USDAW). Their closest rivals in the market are Poundworld and 99p Stores, who undercut Poundland's prices by a penny, although in February 2015 Poundland announced plans to buy 99p Stores.It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.".