Bombay Stores
Founded by Abdul Kader
In post war Britain there was a desperate need, among some of the less well paid public service areas unable to match wages with booming industries, for semi-skilled staff to fill the jobs that many rejected. In answer to this came Abdul Kader, who arrived in Bradford in 1957 with a float of £50 to keep him going while he sought work.
Undaunted the young Abdul Kader did what go-getters faced with problems do best. He outworked the locals in his desire to succeed, first of all as a bus conductor with responsibility for ticket sales and accounting, driver liaison and passenger safety on the door-less buses of the time. Within six years he had saved sufficient to pay the deposit on an old chip shop going for £1000. He continued to work double shifts while Mrs Maryam Kader put in similar hours as a dressmaker in their corner drapery shop at 306 Great Horton Road Bradford.
Bradford Textiles Heritage
For sixteen years the man and wife team served the Asian community in their Bradford heartland selling Lancashire cottons to Yorkshire Asians. As the British textile industry entered its sad decline the Kaders automatically turned to their homeland in South East Asia for supplies of fabrics and special embroidered silks for the shop trading as Bombay Stores.
Next generation
In the early 1980's, son Saleem saw the potential of wholesaling to similar outlets serving the Asian communities throughout the north. The family then bought a 15,000 square feet disused garage, which nowadays houses their superstore i.e., Bombay Stores, The Largest Asian Department Store in the Great Britain, which is managed by the daughter Sabra Kader along with grandson Shayaan Saleem Kader.
As seen on TV
Coronation Street: In Summer 2004 The One Stop Wedding Shop of Bombay Stores has supplied wedding furniture including a modern mandap for one of the famous weekly TV serial in the United Kingdom.
Latest fashions & textiles
Bombay Stores has a range of English and Asian fashion in stock. Over the years we have acquired a range of different accessories to complete the Asian woman. We range from designer shoes to complementing bindis. From exemplary, outfits to colourful jewellery.
Where Bombay Stores caters the Asian ethnic minority community in the Northwest and Northeast of England there it also caters a wider community base of Britain and Europeans through its Retail and Wholesale operations as well as ecommerce all across the country and the continental Europe.
Footwear line
In early 2005, Bombay Stores introduced another product line to their business on demand by public in Bradford and from all over Yorkshire.
This new and highly famous footwear brand is called Paposh which offers whole ranges of footwear to women, men and children.
Opening Hours
| Sun | 09:00 | 19:30 |
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| Mon | 09:00 | 19:30 |
| Tue | 09:00 | 19:30 |
| Wed | 09:00 | 19:30 |
| Thu | 09:00 | 19:30 |
| Fri | 09:00 | 19:30 |
| Sat | 09:00 | 19:30 |
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Showing 5 of 1,140 reviews from Google Maps.Last updated 30 January 2026.
Stuck in the 70's for it's decour. Carpets are dirty, mish_mash, no coherent design feature. Feels like canon mills but with the roof. Canon mills is much better. It looks like they are having a refit. If they aren't then 1* The bridal suite 5*
I called in before going in to get my nose pierced and was told a man would do it for me because the lady wasn’t in to do it. So I went in and then got told that he didn’t want to do it. Was very disappointed because he didn’t even apologise for it. He Had a smirk on his face and laughed it off like it was some sort of a joke. Bear in mind that I came from a far place just to get it done. I was very disappointing and wouldn’t ever go back as I was looking forward to it. Never would recommend this place for nose piercings. If you do want to get it done here then I would definitely recommend speaking to the women over the phone first that works their as she knows how to communicate properly and knows what she is doing i know this because it’s was not my first time coming to get it done.do not go to the man as they will waste your time. If you are wanting to get it done I would definitely recommend Clair’s in Bradford Broadway as you will not be disappointed at all. It will save you from all that hassle.
Once was the greatest Asian store in the uk but it’s fallen off so badly over the years. Terrible selection and been worse customer service skills, I must have asked 5 people for the same thing to be passed from pillar to post Prices on the website are completely different to store one person who is the manager apparently said he’ll match it go to counter and to be told that’s not the case If I didn’t have an event that evening and lost my patience due to short notice I’d have never shopped there or ever would again for that matter
An absolute huge choice of clothes, accessories for all occasions and much more. Lovely and friendly staff. Superb, affordable and quality garments. So recommend you go. Thank you. Plenty of parking. Spacious inside.
Was a quick stop for a last moment requirement for a males kurta pyjama. The have a wide range of ethnic Indian Pakistani wear. Cherry on top, they had a sale on and we picked up both for only 10 pounds
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📍 Bombay Buildings, Shearbridge Road, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD7 1NX
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