Next plc vs Smart Club

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.

Next plc is the older of the two, founded in 1982 — 13 years before Smart Club.

Founded: 1982; 1995
Status: Active; Active
Headquarters: Leicester, United Kingdom; Oslo, Norway
Industry: retail; retail
Founders: Joseph Hepworth; Atle Brynestad
Legal form: public limited company; Not recorded
Listed on: London Stock Exchange; Not recorded
Parent: Not recorded; Coop Norge SA
Website: next.co.uk; smartclub.no

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