Bookstop vs Next plc

Side by side, from the public record each company was imported from. Where a figure is missing it is because no source we hold states it — not because it is zero.

Both were founded in 1982.

Founded: 1982; 1982
Status: Active; Active
Headquarters: United States; Leicester, United Kingdom
Industry: retail; retail
Founders: Gary Hoover; Joseph Hepworth
Legal form: Not recorded; public limited company
Listed on: Not recorded; London Stock Exchange
Website: Not recorded; next.co.uk

Facts on both companies come from the public records named on Bookstop and Next plc.