Ryman
Henry J. Ryman opened his first store as a book printer on Great Portland Street, London in 1893, that is still open today. Quickly changing the focus to selling stationery, the business was successfully owned and managed by the Ryman family for several generations.
Jack Ryman succeeded Henry in 1931, until he passed it on to his own sons, Desmond and Nicholas, in 1951. At the time that Desmond and Nicholas assumed control from father, the company comprised eleven shops.
1968 H. J. Ryman Ltd, an office equipment stationery and printing business, acquired the furniture retailer Habitat to form Ryman Conran
1970 Terence Conran bought out the Habitat business including some of its shops. Burton Group acquired the Ryman Conran office equipment business[1]
1987 Ryman was acquired by Pentos plc[2]