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| Company type | Privately held company |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1994 |
| Founder | Denys C. Shortt OBE |
| Headquarters | Banbury, United Kingdom |
| Key people | Denys C. Shortt OBE |
| Services | Distribution |
| Number of employees | 320 |
| Website | dcsgroup.com |
DCS Group (UK) Ltd (formerly DCS Europe plc) is a seller and distributor of health, beauty and household brands working through a number of subsidiary companies and based in Banbury, Oxfordshire, England. The DCS in the name is Denys C. Shortt OBE, who founded the company in 1994. The business had an annual turnover of over £149 million in 2012.
History
The business reportedly had sales of £185.6 million in 2015.
DCS Group UK Ltd has its own brands of beauty products, Enliven and Natural Elements. The brands are exported to 70 countries worldwide.
In 2012, export sales fell from £16 million to £13.5 million.
In 2016 DCS was named as a Sunday Times TopTrack 250 Company for the second year running.
DCS companies
- DCS Group Holdings
- DCS Inc
- DCS Central
- DCS Export
- DCS Manufacturing
- DCS Repacking
- DCS High Street Discount
- Poundzone
- Enliven
- DCS Category Management
References
- "Denys Shortt named chair of new Coventry and Warwickshire LEP". Birmingham Post. Retrieved 13 January 2011.
- "Hard times reduce links in supply chains". Financial Times. Retrieved 13 January 2011.
- "DCS Europe PLC - Company Profile and News". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
- ^ "DCS Group (UK) - Fast Track". www.fasttrack.co.uk. Archived from the original on 20 October 2016.
- "Stratford's Denys Shortt branded one of the UK's great entrepreneurs after OBE". Coventry Telegraph. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
- "DCS Europe exports hit by turmoil in Middle East". The Grocer. Retrieved 4 February 2013.