The Range is a multi-channel retailer selling products in the home, garden, and leisure categories, with over 180 stores in the United Kingdom & Ireland.

In 1980, Chris Dawson started business as an open-air market trader in Plymouth, South West England.

His first physical retail store opened in 1989 at Sugar Mill Business Park on Billacombe Road, Plymouth under the name “C.D.S. Superstores”. This trading style continues to be displayed on external signage exclusively at this debut store only, as a nod to the heritage of the business.

The business was subsequently re-branded “The Range” in the early 1990s after further store openings. “The Range” is the trading name of CDS (Superstores International) Ltd.