Dunelm was founded by the Adderley family in 1979 as a Leicester market stall business selling ready-made curtains.
It has been making made to measure curtains and blinds in Leicestershire for more than 20 years.
This year Dunelm is celebrating its 40th birthday.
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Since opening the first Dunelm store in Leicester in 1984, the company has expanded across the country making it the º£½ÇÊÓÆµ’s largest homewares retailer with more than 170 stores more than 9,000 staff nationwide.
It now turns over more than £1 billion a year and is listed on the London Stock Exchange.
It is the seventh biggest Leicestershire-based compay.