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Aquascutum was established in 1851, the year of the Great Exhibition, when tailor and entrepreneur John Emary opened a high quality menswear shop at 46 Regent Street.In 1853, after succeeding in producing the first waterproof wool, he had his discovery patented and renamed the company 'Aquascutum', Latin for 'watershield'. [3]
London — West End shopping district (including Bond Street, [8] [15] Oxford Street, [16] Savile Row, Jermyn Street, Piccadilly and Regent Street), Knightsbridge area (including Sloane Street), Kings Road, Covent Garden area (including Neal Street, Long Acre and Seven Dials), Notting Hill (including Westbourne Grove), Royal Exchange
They first opened a shop together in Ludgate Hill which Swan had been operating, but moved to 20 Piccadilly in 1812. They then moved to 49 Regent Street when their former site was demolished to make way for Piccadilly Circus, [ 2 ] which had been the home to the Western Mail coach offices and the Bull & Mouth public house. [ 3 ]
2010 - The launch of the Q Club on the third floor of the Regent Street store; 2011 - Austin Reed move from the original 103-113 Regent Street Store to the opposite side (100 Regent Street) 2016 - Austin Reed entered administration. Five concessions located in Boundary Mills outlet villages will stay open following a buyout by Edinburgh Woollen ...
In 1865 he expanded further into Regent Street, buying Hodge and Lowman Linen drapers, which occupied 252–262 Regents Street. [ 4 ] During the 1850s, John Lewis , later the founder of a rival department store, worked for Peter Robinson, initially as a drapery assistant, but worked his way up to being the youngest silk buyer in London.
Opened shops in numerous city locations. At one time owned by the Forte Group, it was purchased by Jerónimo Martins in 1996. The business struggled in the competitive UK sports market and in 2002 was sold to Sports Direct. Shops were changed to Sports Direct or closed between 2002 and 2012, leaving the Regent Street shop as the sole location.
In 2013 the Estate sold a quarter of the 270,000-square-foot (25,000 m 2) Regent Street Quadrant 3 building to the Norwegian Oil Fund, [37] while later that year, Hackett London bought the lease for the Ferrari store on Regent Street for £4m. Smaller shops have been replaced by larger units; the street is now the flagship location of several ...
Since 2010, management of the lights has been undertaken by Field and Lawn, a marquee hire company who also install the Regent Street lights. Around 750,000 bulbs are used annually. [4] Current practice involves a celebrity turning the lights on in mid- to late-November, and the lights remain until 6 January (Twelfth Night). The position of ...