T. J. Hughes is a British discount store brand which started in Liverpool in 1912. Thomas J. Hughes set up a small shop on Liverpool's London Road. He had been an apprentice at the drapery firm Owen Owen. Owen Owen bought part of the business in 1925. It expanded and was floated on the London Stock Exchange in May 1992. JJB Sports bought it in March 2002 for £42 million. In June 2011, TJ Hughes Limited announced that it was insolvent, putting 4,000 jobs at risk. Lewis Home Retail bought it. They kept the stores in Liverpool, Eastbourne, Glasgow, Sheffield, Newcastle and Widnes. 73 stores closed.[1]
