Talk:Wickes

For full disclosure, I work at Wickes. I noticed there is some factual information missing from the Wickes Wikipedia page and wanted to suggest that these are added in order for the page to be true and factual and reflective of the business today.

In May 2024, Wickes completed the acquisition of a majority stake in leading solar installations business Solar Fast, to make a meaningful entry into the UK’s domestic energy savings market. Source https://tools.eurolandir.com/tools/Pressreleases/GetPressRelease/?ID=4525339&lang=en-GB&companycode=uk-wickes&v=

I also note the the image used on the page is well over a decade old and not reflective of the current Wickes stores or brand. I would suggest this is changed to more accurate images of current Wickes stores here https://www.wickesplc.co.uk/company/news/media-image-library/

USA

Apparently founded in the USA, so where is the information about their American business and what happened to it? 91.84.71.131 (talk) 17:28, 16 August 2014 (UTC)

This is still an unresolved question nearly five years on. The [Wickes website](https://www.wickes.co.uk/companyhistory) glosses over this part of their history in equally confusing fashion, stating that Wicks as we know it today grew out of the American housing boom in the 50s. [Travis Perkins'](https://www.travisperkinsplc.co.uk/our-businesses/businesses/wickes.aspx) website however, states that Wickes began in the 70s in the UK. Neither explains what links the American shop of 1850 to the British chain of today. I can only guess that this whole issue is too boring for anybody to care about, but it's given me something to Google on Ecosia whilst I wait for an egg to boil. M.T.S.W.A. (talk) 20:28, 3 May 2019 (UTC)