Homebase to live on within former stores reopened under the Range name

DIY brand will be used online and in some departments of new superstores opened from January

Homebase is to live on as a brand online and within up to 70 former stores reopened next year as branches of the Range, its new owner has announced.

CDS said it would open the first three converted outlets from the collapsed DIY retailer in January under the Range Superstores name, and then 10 a month from February.