The Jolly Giant Explained

Jolly Giant Toy Superstore Limited(The)
Type:	Limited
Fate:	Receivership
Foundation:	^[1]
Location City:	Glasgow
Location Country:	United Kingdom
Locations:	18 (in 1998)
Area Served:	United Kingdom
Industry:	Retail
Products:	Toys
Num Employees:	320 (at the time of 18 stores)

The Jolly Giant Toy Superstores was a chain of large toy shops in the United Kingdom based in Glasgow. The company went into receivership in October 2002.^[2]

Store locations

Store locations included:

• Liverpool
• Aberdeen
• Jordanhill
• Edinburgh (Peffermill)
• Rutherglen
• Dunfermline
• Leeds
• Carlisle
• Gateshead (Team Valley)
• Rotherham
• Nottingham
• Lincoln
• Southport
• Chester
• Charlton, London
• Inverness
• Wigan
• Newcastle-under-Lyme
• Wolverhampton
• Blackpool
• Merry Hill, Dudley

Notes and References

1. Web site: Company No. SC072263 - JOLLY GIANT TOY SUPERSTORE LIMITED(THE) . . 2015-07-24.
2. https://web.archive.org/web/20140611061720/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-23683227.html Outlook bleak for Jolly Giant toy chain – The Herald | HighBeam Research