The Jolly Giant

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Jolly Giant Toy Superstore Limited(The)
Company type Limited
Industry Retail
Founded7 August 1980 (1980-08-07) [1]
Defunct4 October 2002 (2002-10-04)
FateReceivership
Headquarters,
Number of locations
18 (in 1998)
Area served
United Kingdom
Products Toys
Number of employees
320 (at the time of 18 stores)

The Jolly Giant Toy Superstores was a chain of large toy shops in the United Kingdom. It was founded in Scotland on August 7, 1980 and headquartered in Rutherglen. [2] The company went into receivership in October 2002. [3]

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Store locations

Store locations included:

References

  1. "Company No. SC072263 - JOLLY GIANT TOY SUPERSTORE LIMITED(THE)". Companies House . Retrieved 24 July 2015.
  2. Smillie, Liam (30 September 2022). "Remembering The Jolly Giant: Glasgow's own Toys 'R' Us". National World . Retrieved 22 February 2025.
  3. "Outlook bleak for Jolly Giant toy chain - The Herald | HighBeam Research". web.archive.org. 11 June 2014.