The grave of Allders' founder Joshua Allder is to be given a facelift.
The monument in Queen's Road Cemetery is more than a century old and shared by a number of relatives, including his late wife Jane Anne and three of their children who died at a very young age.
Brick work is crumbling away and a plinth is leaning at an angle.
Max Menon, Allders' finance director, discovered the grave was in disrepair and pledged to renovate it.
He said: "Joshua Allder contributed a lot to Croydon and it is only right the store bearing his name recognises that. We have the paper work to carry out the repairs all sorted and once they have been sent off we'll start as quickly as we can."
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