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In 1984, Grafton-Fraser launched its Grafton & Co. Store which was an upscale menswear specialty retailer featuring high fashion sportswear and casual clothing. Faced with the recession of the early 1990s, Grafton-Fraser was forced to re-evaluate its operational strategy, reinventing itself centered on its key strength in the men's apparel ...
Tip Top Tailors was a Canadian menswear clothing retailer founded in Toronto in 1909 by Polish-Jewish immigrant David Dunkelman (1883–1978). He rented his first store at 245 Yonge Street, Toronto, selling tailored suits for $14.
Later, in 1985, House of Fraser took complete control of the company. It was later sold in early 1990s to the Weston family, who owned Brown Thomas , and the name Switzers was dropped. [ 1 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ] The Switzers premises on Grafton Street was refurbished and remodelled as the flagship Brown Thomas store, but the name Switzer's remains over ...
In 2013, A Wear re-entered the British retail market after going into receivership in December 2011. It initially operated its clothing range from 10 House of Fraser stores in Great Britain only, with plans to open its own stand-alone stores in autumn-winter 2013. [5] In October 2013, A Wear confirmed that its parent company had entered ...
The Weston family is a prominent family of businesspeople that was founded in Canada and eventually developed global business interests, primarily in the food and retail sectors. [1] The family operations began with the purchase of a bakery in 1884 by American-born Canadian George Weston in Toronto , Ontario. [ 2 ]
In 1971, Galen Weston bought a share in the company and in 1983 bought the balance of the shares, and Brown Thomas became private again. [6] In 1989, the company attempted to buy the Switzer Group, which included Switzers in Dublin, along with Cashs of Cork, Moons of Galway and Todds of Limerick from House of Fraser. However, they were outbid ...
General Alexander Fraser CB (1824—1898), Bengal Engineer Group; Major-General Alexander Robert Fraser [266] (1820—1900), 3rd Madras Light Cavalry; General Sir David Fraser GCB OBE; Major-General Simon Fraser of Ford and Overton House (1809—1895), Royal Marines; Major-General Sir Theodore Fraser; Brigadier the Hon. William Fraser
Sir Francis Weston KB (1511 [1] [2] – 17 May 1536) was a gentleman of the Privy Chamber at the court of King Henry VIII of England. He became a friend of the king but was later accused of high treason and adultery with Anne Boleyn , the king's second wife.