BHS Set to Be Reborn as U.K. Online Brand Under New Qatari Owner

BHS will reopen as a U.K. online brand this week as new owner Al Mana Group of Qatar seeks to revive the 88-year-old British retailer only months after it failed. Al Mana, which acquired the BHS brand at the time of its collapse in June, will initially sell a range of lighting and home-furnishing products on BHS.com, the company said in a statement Sunday. More products such as kitchen, dining ware and clothing will be added in time for the peak Christmas season. The new venture will be overseen by David Anderson, a former BHS executive who now has the post of managing director at BHS International. The company will based in London and will have 84 employees, most of them ex-BHS workers. About 11,000 people lost their jobs when the chain’s 163 stores closed for the last time earlier this year.