Halfords Group plc, through its subsidiaries, engages in the retailing of auto, leisure, and cycling products in the United Kingdom. It offers various car maintenance products, including car parts, servicing consumables, workshop tools, and body repair equipment; and car enhancement products, such as in-car entertainment systems, cleaning products, accessories, interior and exterior car styling products, navigation systems, and alloy wheels. The company also offers cycles and cycle accessories and roof boxes, cycle carriers, child car seats, and outdoor leisure equipment. In addition, it provides scratch, chip, and dent repair services; and satellite navigation, in-car DVD, and CD players, as well as in-car technology. Its brands include Ripspeed for car enhancement; and Bikehut for cycles and cycling accessories, including the Apollo and Carrera brands. As of March 30, 2007, it operated 426 stores in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. The company was founded in 1892 and is headquartered in Redditch, the United Kingdom.