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Sweater Shop

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The Sweater Shop Ltd
Company typePrivate
Industryclothing
Founded20 March 1973; 51 years ago (1973-03-20) in Barwell, England
FounderMargaret Wood
Defunct28 April 1995 (1995-04-28)
Fatemanagement buyout
Headquarters,

The Sweater Shop was a Leicestershire, England, based clothing company with many national outlets.

History

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The Sweater Shop Ltd was established by Margaret Wood on 20 March 1973 in Barwell, Leicestershire.[1]

The company was sold on 28 April 1995 to a management buyout for £150m.

Closure

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In May 1998 the company went into receivership.[2] At the time of closure it had 78 retail outlets. As of 2020, Sweater Shop (no 'The') is a separate company trading under the same brand name.

Structure

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It was headquartered in Syston in the Borough of Charnwood. It made its own products in factories in Leicester and Shepshed. It had a factory in Scotland in Cumnock, East Ayrshire that opened in 1992. On 24 November 1992 Diana, Princess of Wales officially opened the Scottish factory.

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