The headquarters of the One Stop convenience store chain, a subsidiary of Tesco plc, is located in the town. Brownhills was formerly home to the wirings manufacturer Electrium's last UK-based factory, but this has closed, with manufacturing shifted overseas and commercial staff moved to a new site in Cannock. Many people are employed at the town's Tesco store, which is open 24 hours a day on weekdays and is large enough to have its own petrol station. Before being taken over by Tesco, the store was a branch of Hillards, and an earlier Tesco store in the town had been forced to close as it could not compete with Hillards. Plans to double the size of the current store were put forward but abandoned in 2013.