Editing Focus DIY (section)

{{short description|UK building materials store chain}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Use British English|date=July 2015}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Focus DIY
| logo = Focus (DIY) Logo.png
| type = 
| foundation = {{Start date and age|1987|12|df=yes}}
| defunct = {{End date and age|2011|07|df=yes}}
| location = 
| industry = [[DIY]]
| fate = 
| area_served = United Kingdom
| products = 
| owner = AHK Designs Ltd (trademarks)
}}
[[File:Focus DIY Store - geograph.org.uk - 1211920.jpg|thumb|Focus DIY, [[Belper]], Derbyshire (2005)]]
[[File:Focus DIY - Bocholt Way, Rawtenstall, Rossendale, Lancashire in 2012.jpg|thumb|Focus DIY, [[Rawtenstall, Rossendale]] (2012)]]

'''Focus''' was a British [[Do it yourself|do-it-yourself]] and [[home improvement]] retailer, founded in 1987.

The retailer grew by acquiring rival retailers such as [[Payless DIY|Payless]], [[Do It All]] and [[Great Mills (DIY)|Great Mills]]; by its peak in 2002, it was the second-largest home improvement retailer in the United Kingdom with 178 stores and over 3,000 employees, behind [[B&Q]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Focus Wickes to go public |url=https://www.diyinternational.com/content/diyplus/2002/07/30/focus-wickes-to-go-public.html |access-date=1 April 2024 |website=DIY International – The online magazine for the home improvement industry |language=de}}</ref> 

However, Focus would be overtaken by rivals [[Homebase]] and [[Wickes]] in the mid-2000s. The company began running losses every year from 2007. In the year up to 2011, the company had a loss of £25&nbsp;million.<ref name="autogenerated4">Ernst & Young. Administrators' Statement of Proposal. 24 June 2011</ref> Focus entered administration on 5 May 2011, with [[Ernst & Young]] appointed as administrators. The administrators sold 55 stores to B&Q, Wickes and [[B&M]] to be rebranded.<ref>{{cite web |last=Harrison |first=Nicola |date=20 May 2011 |title=B&M Bargains acquires 11 Focus stores |url=https://www.retail-week.com/bandm-bargains-acquires-11-focus-stores/5025493.article |access-date=1 April 2024 |website=Retail Week }}</ref> The remaining 123 stores were all closed by 22 July 2011. 

The defunct Focus brand is owned by AHK Designs Ltd, who also own the defunct [[Land of Leather]] and [[MFI (retailer)|MFI]] brands.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.walkermodular.com/about-us/our-brands |access-date=1 April 2024 |website=www.walkermodular.com}}</ref>