Timeline: The rise and demise of British Home Stores
BHS is set to go into liquidation after administrators failed to find a buyer for the high street chain.
Administrators have said it will begin an "orderly wind-down" of the firm, with 11,000 jobs likely to be lost.
Here is a timeline of key moments charting the rise and fall of the very British department store.
1928: British Home Stores is set up in a store in Brixton, south London. None of the goods for sale cost more than a shilling.
1929: Prices rise to a five shilling maximum as home furnishings are introduced.
1970: The brand has 94 UK stores and around 12,000 workers after constant expansion since WW2.
2000: Sir Philip Green buys British Home Stores for £200 million. It is rebranded as BHS.
2005: The shop begins to lose pace against cheaper rivals such Primark.
2014: BHS makes a cash loss of £21m in the year to August 2014, compared with £19.3m in the previous year.
2015: Sir Philip sells BHS to Retail Acquisitions, led by former bankrupt Dominic Chappell, for £1. Work begins on a turnaround plan to try to bring it back into profitability.
March 2016: The store is thrown a lifeline when creditors back two company voluntary arrangements (CVA) designed to cut costs and prevent widespread store closures.
April 2016: BHS collapses into administration, sparking an investigation by MPs into Sir Philip and Mr Chappell.
June 2016: Administrators fail to find a buyer for the firm and decide to wind the company down