Hawkin's Bazaar

Hawkin's Bazaar
Industry Retail
Headquarters Yare House, Norwich, Norfolk, United Kingdom
Number of locations
 28[1]
Area served
 England
Products Toys, Gadgets and gifts,
Parent Tobar Group
Website www.hawkin.com
A now-closed branch of Hawkin's Bazaar on Lands Lane in Leeds. This shop opened for Christmas 2010.

Hawkin's Bazaar is a British novelty gift and toy shop chain based in Norwich, England. Hawkin's Bazaar offers a range of unusual toys, gifts, gadgets and curiosities. They source out-of-the-ordinary products and offer something different, a range of toys and gifts that will appeal to many ages and tastes.

What started off as a local toy shop at the Hawk Inn (hence the name Hawkin), became a niche mail order company in 1973, and since then has developed into a supplier of "things you thought had gone forever and things you never even knew existed".

From 2007 up to the end of 2012, Hawkin’s Bazaar operated out of Beccles from The Old Aerodrome in Worlingham where the warehouse and head office were based. At the start of 2013 the company separated these two entities, with the warehouse moving to Eye, Suffolk and the head office to Norwich. The current contact address for the company is Hawkin’s Bazaar, 62-64 Yare House, Thorpe Road, Norwich, Norfolk, NR1 1RY.

2013 marks the company’s 40th year in business. Whilst a lot has changed since Hawkin’s Bazaar launched as a mail order service, the company still refers to its original values with taglines such as “Unusual gifts for every occasion, since 1973”[2] and “Suppliers to Father Christmas since 1973”[3] adorning their mail order catalogues and other communications.

In addition to high street shops and mail order catalogues the company continues to operate online. Its website was updated and re-launched in August 2012.[4]

On 23 January 2012, Hawkin's Bazaar (and Tobar Group) were bought by Primary Capital from administration through a management buy-out.[5]

The company continued trading in 2012 and opened several additional stores towards the end of the year (some at previous sites[6]). As of December 2012, the company has 27 stores open around the UK.[7] During 2012 the Tobar Group achieved sales of over £20 million and employed 250 people.

References

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  2. ↑ Hawkin’s Bazaar September 2012 Catalogue
  3. ↑ Hawkin’s Bazaar November 2012 Catalogue
  4. ↑ “New Hawkin’s Bazaar Website and Blog”, “Hawkin’s Bazaar Blog”, 20 August 2012, Retrieved 17 December 2012
  5. ↑ "Hawkin’s Bazaar toys and gifts company bought out of administration", EADT, 23 January 2012, Retrieved 23 January 2012
  6. ↑ Pam McClounie, “Hawkin’s Bazaar To Reopen Carlisle City Centre Shop”, “In-Cumbria”, 18 October 2012, Retrieved 17 December 2012
  7. ↑ “Shop Finder”, “Hawkin’s Bazaar”, Retrieved 17 December 2012
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