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{{short description|British department store}}
{{About|the department store|the surname|Allder}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}}
{{more citations needed|date=September 2012}}
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| logo = Allders logo.svg
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| image = Allders department store, North End (geograph 1641251).jpg
| image_caption = Allders Croydon, in 2010
| foundation = 1862
| location = [[Croydon]], [[Greater London]], [[England]]
| key_people = 
| industry = Retail
| genre = [[Department store]]
| revenue = 
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| num_employees = 
| parent = [[Jaeger (clothing retailer)|Jaeger]] (2012-2017)
[[Heidelberg Materials UK|Hanson Trust]] (1983-1993)
[[United Drapery Stores]] (1958-1983)
| subsid = 
| footnotes = <!-- Do NOT add a website to this page without further explanation. See Talk page. -->
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'''Allders''' was an independent [[department store]] operating in the United Kingdom.

The original store was established in 1862 in [[Croydon]] by Joshua Allder. In the second half of the 20th century, this parent store was developed into a chain of department stores across England and Wales. By the turn of the millennium, the flagship store in Croydon was the third-largest department store in the [[United Kingdom]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.retail-week.com/sectors/department-stores/allders-collapses-into-administration/5037641.article |title=Allders collapses into administration |first=Nicola |last=Harrison |newspaper=Retail Week |date=15 June 2012 |access-date=24 July 2016 }}{{subscription required}}</ref> The chain was broken up and sold after it went into administration in 2005, although the Croydon store continued trading until 2012, having been purchased by [[Harold Tillman]], the then-owner of the [[Jaeger (clothing)|Jaeger]] clothing company. On 17 January 2013, the company closed the store along with the website, and the brand ceased to exist. In 2018 the brand relaunched with a department store in the former Co-op Department Store in the Paisley Centre in [[Paisley, Renfrewshire]], but this closed in 2021.{{citation needed|date=August 2021}}