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Whiteaway Laidlaw
Defunct department store chain (1882-1960s)
Whiteaway Laidlaw was a British department store chain which operated mainly in Asia, including India, Ceylon, Burma, Singapore, Malaysia and China. It was founded in 1882 and continued to operate until the 1960s.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
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Whiteaway Laidlaw was a British department store chain which operated mainly in Asia, including India, Ceylon, Burma, Singapore, Malaysia and China. It was founded in 1882 and continued to operate until the 1960s.2
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- 1WikidataWhiteaway Laidlaw on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaWhiteaway Laidlaw on Wikipedia
- 3Wikimedia CommonsWhiteaway Laidlaw photo by Piyal Kundu, Public domain