Littlewoods Shop Direct Group is a retail chain in United Kingdom that is owned by the Bank of Scotland, Sir David Barclay and Sir Frederick Barclay.
Littlewoods Shop Direct Group started as a football pools company that was referred to as Littlewoods. It later attained fame as a catalog retailer in the year 1932. A Littlewoods departmental store was opened in the year 1937 at Blackpool making Littlewoods one of the leading retail companies in United Kingdoms.
Littlewoods Shop Direct Group: An Overview
As the business of Littlewoods retail shops flourished, 120 new outlets were opened throughout United Kingdom. Later in the year 2005 in the month of July, the Associated British Foods took over all the outlets and converted some of them into Primark branches. Some of the Littlewoods branches were sold off to other retailers. It was in the year 2005 that Littlewoods merged with Shop Direct that was into home shopping business and acquired the name Littlewoods Shop Direct Group.
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In the year 2001, Littlewoods Shop Direct Group gained the ownership of the 'Swan' brand that specialized in electrical goods and home appliances. Presently, the stocks in Littlewoods Shop Direct Group include jewelery, clothings, home appliances and many more. One of the major distributors of Littlewoods Shop Direct Group are the Shaw National Distribution Center situated in Great Manchester. Boasting of a upgraded stock handling and transportation infrastructure, Littlewoods Shop Direct Group has grown to be one of the largest Liverpool companies.
Littlewoods Shop Direct Group services
Moving in the direction of fashion consultancy, the Littlewoods Shop Direct Group has also created advisory catalogs like 'The Golden Rules' for the customers, providing an insight into the latest fashion trends. Apart from these, the Littlewoods Shop Direct Group also administers different kinds of shopping brands that include the brands promoted by the former Littlewoods and Shop Direct chains.
Littlewoods Shop Direct Group has also stepped into e-commerce with sports portals like sport-e.com set up in 2003.
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