Dominic Chappell Dominic Chappell Dominic Joseph Andrew Chappell (born 28 November 1966) is a British businessman and former racing driver, who has been declared bankrupt on two occasions. In 2015, his company, Retail Acquisitions Ltd, purchased the now collapsed retail chain British Home Stores from Philip Green for just £1 GBP together with a £10,000,000 equity injection into BHS Group Ltd. 13 months later the company was placed into administration resulting in the closure of 164 stores and the loss of 11,000 jobs. Chappell was born in Sunbury on Thames, Surrey in 1966. He was educated at Millfield School in Somerset. Chappell
Debenhams stores. In October 2016, the company announced it would begin to focus less on clothing and more on food, beauty products and gifts. It also hired the former lighting buying team of collapsed rival BHS to begin introducing new lighting departments in stores. Debenhams followed this in December 2016 with a plan to discontinue its Betty Jackson Black ladies fashion brand, and significantly reduce its Jeff Banks menswear range in favour of expanding the Hammond & Co. brand. The company operates retail websites in the UK and Ireland, as well as a mobile-enabled website and mobile apps that allow customers