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Littlewoods was a retail and football betting company founded in Liverpool, England, by John Moores in 1923. [1] By the 1980s, it had grown to become the largest private company in Europe but subsequently declined in the face of increased competition from rivals and the Internet.
Littlewoods (also known as Littlewoods.com) is a British online retailer with headquarters in Speke, Liverpool, England. The brand was launched in the UK in the 1990s. History
Sir John Moores CBE (25 January 1896 – 25 September 1993) [1] was an English businessman, telegraphist, football club owner, politician and philanthropist, most famous for the founding of the now defunct Littlewoods retail and football pools company.
The brand was established in November 2005 as a result of the merger of the former Littlewoods and Shop Direct companies. The retailer was known as Littlewoods Shop Direct Group until a corporate rebranding to Shop Direct Group in May 2008. In 2013, the company rebranded to Shop Direct, dropping the 'group' from its name. [3]
Littlewoods was a football pools company founded by John Moores in 1923. The company rapidly expanded throughout the 1930s, and the Littlewoods Pools building, opened in 1938, [1] was purpose-built to provide more space for its operations. [2]
The original Littlewoods brand was a shopping catalogue and retail business headquartered in Liverpool, and was bought by the Barclay brothers in 2002. [1] In 2009, Littlewoods Direct was rebranded as Very.co.uk, shifting its focus to online retailing and a younger market. [2] [3] The website launched officially in July 2009.
John Moores was born at Beech Lawn Nursing Home, Waterloo, Merseyside on 22 November 1928. He joined Littlewoods in 1946. He became a director of the organisation in 1950 and was Chair of the Littlewoods Equal Opportunities strategy committee from the mid 1960s until October 1996 after wanting to promote equal opportunities in the firm following his return from the United States after a two ...
Lord Grantchester is the grandson of John Moores, and his mother was nominal head of the Moores family, founders of the Liverpool-based Littlewoods football pools and retailing businesses, until her death in 2019. Lord Grantchester is a former director of Littlewoods. He is ranked 149th in the Sunday Times Rich List 2022 with a net worth of £1 ...