Hoopers is an English department store chain founded in Torquay in 1982. It is now trading from four department stores and online.
Locations
Harrogate, originally the Harrogate branch of Marshall & Snelgrove, it became Cresta House (under the ownership of Debenhams) and latterly Schofields (owned for a time by House of Fraser). Torquay, formerly Williams & Cox (acquired 1982) Tunbridge Wells, formerly Weekes (acquired 1990) Wilmslow, formerly Finnigans (acquired 1982)
Former locations
Bradford, formerly Sara, a retailer of women's clothing and accessories
Carlisle, formerly Bulloughs (acquired 2006; closed 2013). Cheltenham (opened 1987 in premises formerly occupied by Cheltenham's main Post Office; closed 2003; building now occupied by Waterstones) Chichester Colchester (formerly the Colchester branch of Keddies, acquired as a going concern in 1987)