Fifty Shilling Tailors
Fifty Shilling Tailors was a British chain of shops selling men's clothes.
Founded in Leeds in 1905 by Henry Price, the chain expanded to over 399 stores across the country.
In 1936, Fifty Shilling Tailors had opened a new store in Westgate just across the road and Dewsbury's retail trade was booming.[1]
In 1958 the company was sold to UDS, which renamed it John Collier.[2] It continued to trade within the UDS empire until 1983 when UDS was sold to Hanson plc. In order to recoup the cost of the purchase Hanson sold on a number of UDS assets, including John Collier to a management buy-out team. In 1985 the company was sold on to the Burton Group, but the brand was discontinued and no longer exists today.[3]
References[]
- ^ "The Nostalgia column with Margaret Watson: Memories of shops in Dewsbury". Dewsbury Reporter. 26 February 2020. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ See "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 25, 2007. Retrieved March 16, 2008.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Retail Week's Top 500: 2004
Categories:
- Clothing retailers of the United Kingdom
- Defunct retail companies of the United Kingdom
- Retail companies established in 1905
- Retail companies disestablished in 1958
- 1905 establishments in England
- 1958 disestablishments in England
- British companies disestablished in 1958
- British companies established in 1905