Maplin (retailer)

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Maplin Electronics is the trading name of an online retailer of electronic goods in the United Kingdom and Ireland launched in 2019, using the brand of the former company Maplin Electronics Limited, which operated from 1972 to 2018. The original Maplin company began life as a mail order supplier of electronic components focussed on the hobbyist market, something which would remain a significant core of the business for much of its life. Within a few years, Maplin had opened a small number of shops. In later years, the number of shops expanded significantly- with 217 Maplin stores by June 2017- and there was an increasing focus on the more mainstream consumer electronics market. On 28 February 2018, Maplin went into administration and all stores permanently ceased trading in June that year. Following this, the "Maplin" brand was sold and a new company using the name launched as an online-only operation in early 2019.

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