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United Drapery Stores

January 01, 1970

United Drapery Stores, or UDS, was a British retail group that dominated the British high street from the 1950s to the early 1980s.

United Drapery Stores (UDS)
Company typePrivate
IndustryRetail
Founded1927
Defunct1983
FateDormant company
SuccessorHanson plc / Allders
HeadquartersLondon, UK
Key people
Sir Arthur Wheeler, 1st Baronet
Joseph Collier
Jack Lyons
Bernard Lyons
ProductsRetailers
SubsidiariesAllders
Richard Shops
John Collier
William Timpson
Whiteleys
Arding & Hobbs

Early history edit

In 1925, Charterhouse Bank set up Charterhouse Investment Trust.[1] The trust started buying up department stores: Hinds & Co, John Blundell, Shinners, S. Young & Son and Hawes Brothers, as well as retailers Walker & Penistans and Joseph Carton and Co,[2] in the London suburbs under the stewardship of Charterhouse chairman Sir Arthur Wheeler, 1st Baronet.[3][4] In 1927, the trust floated United Drapery Stores as the holding company for these businesses.[5][6] In 1928, Henry Glave, a department store in New Oxford Street acquired the business under the management of Sir Arthur Wheeler, 1st Baronet, who had recently resigned from Charterhouse.[7][8][9][10][4] The company in 1930 reported profits of £102,413.[11] By 1931, this had grown to 112 retail outlets, however Wheeler was declared bankrupt and Martin Price of Viney, Price and Goodyear were instructed to resolve the affairs of Henry Glave, with United Drapery Stores sold to help pay Wheeler's debts.[12][13] It had transpired that funds from United Drapery Stores had been moved to M.I.G. Trust, a company used in connection with Wheeler's investments.[14] The business was purchased by Eagle Star Insurance Company.[13] In 1932, it acquired the business of Stewart's Clothiers Ltd, bringing its number of outlets to 232.[15] Control of the John Anstee group of large drapery outlets and department stores, including Arding & Hobbs in Battersea and Owles & Beaumont, drapers in Brompton Road[16] London, was secured in 1948.[17] They purchased the Richard Shops chain of ladieswear stores in 1949 from Charles Clore for £800,000.[18][19] A further thirty-seven shops were added to the business in 1950 when it took over the Scottish clothes chain Claude Alexander,[20] while Reading department store Heelas was bought from Charles Clore, but sold three years later to the John Lewis Partnership.[21] 1953 saw its biggest expansion through the acquisition of Prices Tailors Limited, a Leeds multiple tailoring firm. Prices had been founded in 1907 by Henry Price, and traded under the Fifty Shilling Tailors brand, with 404 stores and 12 factories across the country.[22] After the takeover by UDS, the chain was gradually renamed John Collier.[20]

Later acquisitions edit

In 1954 UDS acquired Alexandre Limited, a Leeds-based multiple tailor with over 88 stores owned by Bernard[23] and Jack Lyons and their families.[24][25] Joseph Collier, the United Drapery Stores chairman, was struggling to turn around Prices Tailors and saw the Lyons as the men to turn it around.[26] Bernard Lyons took control of the menswear operations and later became group chairman and chief executive, while Jack moved to London and took on a variety of group roles. A notable takeover by the UDS group came in 1958 when Joseph Collier negotiated a takeover of the Allders department store in Croydon,[27] followed by Newcastle upon Tyne department store John Farnon.[28] The Lyons would eventually start to rebrand United Drapery Stores department store businesses under the Allders name during the 1970s and 80s.[29]

In 1959 the business failed in a takeover of rival department store group Harrods, rivalling Debenhams and eventual winner House of Fraser, after Joseph Collier sold the shares owned by United Drapery Stores to Hugh Fraser.[30][31] UDS continued the policy of expansion through acquisitions, purchasing Cardiff department store Mackross and Alexander Sloan, an Irish clothing and household retailer in 1959, Portsmouth department store Landport Drapery Bazaar in 1960,[27] credit drapers Lawsons[32] and the Worldwide and Atlas Agency mail order businesses in 1965,[33] with the twenty-seven shops of Brooks Brothers joining the forty-five stores of the Peter Pell clothing chain in 1967.[20] It was reported that in 1966 alone UDS sold over 1,119,000 men's suits in Britain,[23] making it one of the biggest clothing retailers in Britain at that time, rivalled only by the likes of Burtons and Hepworths.[34]

Whiteleys of Bayswater, the now struggling giant department store, was purchased in 1961.[35] In 1968, United Drapery Stores asked Joseph Kaplan from London and County Securities Group to manage the bank they inherited when purchasing Whiteleys, which saw branches opened in other department stores.[36] The fur and leather retailer Swears and Wells was added to the business in 1969.[37] The mail order catalogue business of John Myers was purchased in 1971,[38] however they were beaten by Great Universal Stores to A & S Henry & Co group, owners of mail order catalogue John Noble in 1971.[39] In 1972, UDS made an offer to purchase Debenhams, along with interest from Sears plc and Tesco, but were fought off by chairman Sir Anthony Burney.[40][41] Although its bid for Debenhams failed, the company purchased Telstar Colour Television and footwear retailer John Farmer in 1972.[42] In 1973, the business officially changed its name from United Drapery Stores to UDS and acquired the shoe repair business of Timpson for £28.6 million.[43][44] However the company was dragged into the collapse of London and County Securities bank in the same year.[45] In 1975 the company's subsidiaries were:[46]

  • Alexandre (menswear)
  • Alexander Sloan, Dublin (clothing and household goods)[47]
  • John Blundell (department stores / credit drapers)
  • Claude Alexander (menswear)
  • John Collier Tailoring (menswear)
  • The Household Supplies Co
  • James Grant (furniture retailer)[48]
  • Lawsons (credit drapers)
  • Ocean Trading Group (shipping company)[49]
  • Richard Shops (ladieswear)
  • Masters Stores
  • Swears and Wells (fur retailer)
  • John Myers Group (mail order catalogue)[50]
  • Telstar Colour-vision (TV Rental)
  • John Farmer (footwear retailer)
  • William Timpson (footwear retailer)
  • Grange (furniture retailer)
  • Allders (department store)
  • Arding & Hobbs (department store)
  • John Banner (department store)
  • John Farnon (department store)
  • Gorringes (department store)
  • Hawes Brothers (department store)
  • Hinds (department store)
  • Hurst & Sandler (department stores)
  • Landports (department store)
  • Lingards (department store)
  • Mackross (department store)
  • Medhursts (department store)
  • James Page (department store)
  • Shinners (department store)
  • Whiteleys (department store)
  • Youngs (department store)

Final days edit

However, for the UDS menswear business the main rival was the Burton Group, and there were several attempts by UDS to take over Burton's, most notably in 1967. This attempt was blocked by the British Government's Monopolies and Mergers Commission as being against the public interest.[34] At this time UDS had £24.5 million of sales, compared to Burton's £47 million, and 584 menswear stores including:[51]

  • 51 Brook Brothers
  • 52 Peter Pell
  • 25 Claude Alexander

However by 1980, the business was starting to struggle with the growing diversification of the business, large amounts of borrowing, high interest rates and inflation and falling sales.[52] The Alexandre and Claude Alexander stores were rebranded under the John Collier chain, with a loss of 100 stores and 500 jobs.[53] The credit operations were sold to Citibank,[52] John Myers was sold to Great Universal Stores[54] while plans were made to sell John Collier to Burtons, although a management buyout was attempted but rebuffed.[55]

In 1983 the group was acquired after a takeover battle by Hanson Trust, beating Gerald Ronson's Heron International[56] with a bid of £264 million and was largely broken up. John Collier was sold to the management in a £47.5 million buyout in September 1983,[57] (before being sold onto the Burton Group in 1985).[58] Richard Shops was sold to Sir Terence Conran's Habitat Mothercare Group plc after a failed management buyout.[55][59] Along with the sales of William Timpson and Orbit, the total return of £152 million was raised.[45]

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January 01, 1970
united, drapery, stores, british, retail, group, that, dominated, british, high, street, from, 1950s, early, 1980s, company, typeprivateindustryretailfounded1927defunct1983fatedormant, companysuccessorhanson, alldersheadquarterslondon, ukkey, peoplesir, arthur. United Drapery Stores or UDS was a British retail group that dominated the British high street from the 1950s to the early 1980s United Drapery Stores UDS Company typePrivateIndustryRetailFounded1927Defunct1983FateDormant companySuccessorHanson plc AlldersHeadquartersLondon UKKey peopleSir Arthur Wheeler 1st Baronet Joseph Collier Jack Lyons Bernard LyonsProductsRetailersSubsidiariesAllders Richard Shops John Collier William Timpson Whiteleys Arding amp Hobbs Contents 1 Early history 2 Later acquisitions 3 Final days 4 ReferencesEarly history editIn 1925 Charterhouse Bank set up Charterhouse Investment Trust 1 The trust started buying up department stores Hinds amp Co John Blundell Shinners S Young amp Son and Hawes Brothers as well as retailers Walker amp Penistans and Joseph Carton and Co 2 in the London suburbs under the stewardship of Charterhouse chairman Sir Arthur Wheeler 1st Baronet 3 4 In 1927 the trust floated United Drapery Stores as the holding company for these businesses 5 6 In 1928 Henry Glave a department store in New Oxford Street acquired the business under the management of Sir Arthur Wheeler 1st Baronet who had recently resigned from Charterhouse 7 8 9 10 4 The company in 1930 reported profits of 102 413 11 By 1931 this had grown to 112 retail outlets however Wheeler was declared bankrupt and Martin Price of Viney Price and Goodyear were instructed to resolve the affairs of Henry Glave with United Drapery Stores sold to help pay Wheeler s debts 12 13 It had transpired that funds from United Drapery Stores had been moved to M I G Trust a company used in connection with Wheeler s investments 14 The business was purchased by Eagle Star Insurance Company 13 In 1932 it acquired the business of Stewart s Clothiers Ltd bringing its number of outlets to 232 15 Control of the John Anstee group of large drapery outlets and department stores including Arding amp Hobbs in Battersea and Owles amp Beaumont drapers in Brompton Road 16 London was secured in 1948 17 They purchased the Richard Shops chain of ladieswear stores in 1949 from Charles Clore for 800 000 18 19 A further thirty seven shops were added to the business in 1950 when it took over the Scottish clothes chain Claude Alexander 20 while Reading department store Heelas was bought from Charles Clore but sold three years later to the John Lewis Partnership 21 1953 saw its biggest expansion through the acquisition of Prices Tailors Limited a Leeds multiple tailoring firm Prices had been founded in 1907 by Henry Price and traded under the Fifty Shilling Tailors brand with 404 stores and 12 factories across the country 22 After the takeover by UDS the chain was gradually renamed John Collier 20 Later acquisitions editIn 1954 UDS acquired Alexandre Limited a Leeds based multiple tailor with over 88 stores owned by Bernard 23 and Jack Lyons and their families 24 25 Joseph Collier the United Drapery Stores chairman was struggling to turn around Prices Tailors and saw the Lyons as the men to turn it around 26 Bernard Lyons took control of the menswear operations and later became group chairman and chief executive while Jack moved to London and took on a variety of group roles A notable takeover by the UDS group came in 1958 when Joseph Collier negotiated a takeover of the Allders department store in Croydon 27 followed by Newcastle upon Tyne department store John Farnon 28 The Lyons would eventually start to rebrand United Drapery Stores department store businesses under the Allders name during the 1970s and 80s 29 In 1959 the business failed in a takeover of rival department store group Harrods rivalling Debenhams and eventual winner House of Fraser after Joseph Collier sold the shares owned by United Drapery Stores to Hugh Fraser 30 31 UDS continued the policy of expansion through acquisitions purchasing Cardiff department store Mackross and Alexander Sloan an Irish clothing and household retailer in 1959 Portsmouth department store Landport Drapery Bazaar in 1960 27 credit drapers Lawsons 32 and the Worldwide and Atlas Agency mail order businesses in 1965 33 with the twenty seven shops of Brooks Brothers joining the forty five stores of the Peter Pell clothing chain in 1967 20 It was reported that in 1966 alone UDS sold over 1 119 000 men s suits in Britain 23 making it one of the biggest clothing retailers in Britain at that time rivalled only by the likes of Burtons and Hepworths 34 Whiteleys of Bayswater the now struggling giant department store was purchased in 1961 35 In 1968 United Drapery Stores asked Joseph Kaplan from London and County Securities Group to manage the bank they inherited when purchasing Whiteleys which saw branches opened in other department stores 36 The fur and leather retailer Swears and Wells was added to the business in 1969 37 The mail order catalogue business of John Myers was purchased in 1971 38 however they were beaten by Great Universal Stores to A amp S Henry amp Co group owners of mail order catalogue John Noble in 1971 39 In 1972 UDS made an offer to purchase Debenhams along with interest from Sears plc and Tesco but were fought off by chairman Sir Anthony Burney 40 41 Although its bid for Debenhams failed the company purchased Telstar Colour Television and footwear retailer John Farmer in 1972 42 In 1973 the business officially changed its name from United Drapery Stores to UDS and acquired the shoe repair business of Timpson for 28 6 million 43 44 However the company was dragged into the collapse of London and County Securities bank in the same year 45 In 1975 the company s subsidiaries were 46 Alexandre menswear Alexander Sloan Dublin clothing and household goods 47 John Blundell department stores credit drapers Claude Alexander menswear John Collier Tailoring menswear The Household Supplies Co James Grant furniture retailer 48 Lawsons credit drapers Ocean Trading Group shipping company 49 Richard Shops ladieswear Masters Stores Swears and Wells fur retailer John Myers Group mail order catalogue 50 Telstar Colour vision TV Rental John Farmer footwear retailer William Timpson footwear retailer Grange furniture retailer Allders department store Arding amp Hobbs department store John Banner department store John Farnon department store Gorringes department store Hawes Brothers department store Hinds department store Hurst amp Sandler department stores Landports department store Lingards department store Mackross department store Medhursts department store James Page department store Shinners department store Whiteleys department store Youngs department store Final days editHowever for the UDS menswear business the main rival was the Burton Group and there were several attempts by UDS to take over Burton s most notably in 1967 This attempt was blocked by the British Government s Monopolies and Mergers Commission as being against the public interest 34 At this time UDS had 24 5 million of sales compared to Burton s 47 million and 584 menswear stores including 51 51 Brook Brothers 52 Peter Pell 25 Claude Alexander However by 1980 the business was starting to struggle with the growing diversification of the business large amounts of borrowing high interest rates and inflation and falling sales 52 The Alexandre and Claude Alexander stores were rebranded under the John Collier chain with a loss of 100 stores and 500 jobs 53 The credit operations were sold to Citibank 52 John Myers was sold to Great Universal Stores 54 while plans were made to sell John Collier to Burtons although a management buyout was attempted but rebuffed 55 In 1983 the group was acquired after a takeover battle by Hanson Trust beating Gerald Ronson s Heron International 56 with a bid of 264 million and was largely broken up John Collier was sold to the management in a 47 5 million buyout in September 1983 57 before being sold onto the Burton Group in 1985 58 Richard Shops was sold to Sir Terence Conran s Habitat Mothercare Group plc after a failed management buyout 55 59 Along with the sales of William Timpson and Orbit the total return of 152 million was raised 45 References edit Dennett Laurie 1979 The Charterhouse Group 1925 1979 A History The Times 27 May 1927 a href Template Cite news html title Template Cite news cite news a Missing or empty title help Corina Maurice 1978 Fine Silks and Oak Counters Debenhams 1778 1978 p 94 ISBN 9780091349103 a b Retail The Producer With which is Incorporated The Consumer Vol 15 16 1932 Daily Consular and Trade Reports 9 January 1928 p 81 Swinson C 2019 Share Trading Fraud and the Crash of 1929 A Biography of Clarence Hatry ISBN 9780429648922 The Labour Year Book 1928 p 150 The Balance of International Payments of the United States 1930 p 8 Henry Glave Ltd The Nation and Athenaeum Vol 45 1929 United Drapery Stores The Saturday Review of Politics Literature Science and Art 149 405 1930 Financial Results of Certain Branch Systems Trade Information Bulletin Vol 676 700 1930 Sir Arthur Wheeler and Co The Accountant 85 29 1931 a b Aris Stephen 1971 But There are No Jews in England p 108 ISBN 9780812813982 Sir Arthur Wheeler and Co The Accountant 84 488 1931 Thorburn George 2012 Remembering the High Street A Nostalgic Look at Famous Names ISBN 9781844689248 Kelly s Post Office London Directory 1891 p 1234 Saint Andrew 2013 Survey of London 1 Public Commercial and Cultural Battersea p 401 ISBN 9780300196160 Timpson John 2015 High Street Heroes The Story of British Retail in 50 People ISBN 9781848319172 Lovelock Derek 1990 Gorb Peter ed Design Management Papers from the London Business School pp 151 156 ISBN 9780442303631 a b c Thorburn Gordon 2012 Remembering the High Street A Nostalgic Look at Famous Names ISBN 9781844689248 Stuart Hylton 2016 Reading in 50 Buildings ISBN 9781445659350 International Co operative Alliance 1951 Cartel Vol 2 4 a b Bernard Lyons Chairman of United Drapery Stores who oversaw the emergence of one of the pre eminent British retail empires The Times 22 April 2008 See Obituary Jack Lyons in The Independent London newspaper 20 February 2008 Lawrence and Wihart 1962 Takeover The Growth of Monopoly in Britain 1951 61 p 63 Goldman Lawrence 2013 Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 2005 2008 p 709 ISBN 978 0 19 967154 0 a b William Mennell 1962 Takeover The Growth of Monopoly in Britain 1951 61 p 63 Newcastle upon Tyne Drapery Business Sold The Estates Gazette Vol 172 1958 p 183 Thomas Derdak Tina Grant 2001 International Directory of Company Histories Vol 37 p 6 ISBN 9781558624429 Co operative Press 1961 Agenda Co operative Management Magazine Vol 9 10 p 72 Callery Sean 1991 Harrods Knightsbridge The Story of Society s Favourite Store p 18 ISBN 9780852239896 Investment The Statist A Journal of Practical Finance and Trade Vol 188 1965 p 2 Alliance David 2015 A Bazaar Life The Autobiography of David Alliance ISBN 9781849548786 a b Monopolies amp Mergers Commission report Archived 25 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine Mitzi Szereto 2021 The Best New True Crime Stories Crimes of Passion Obsession amp Revenge ISBN 9781642506495 Caplan Joseph 2018 13 The Money Man A True Life Story of One Man s Unbridled Ambition Downfall and Redemption ISBN 9781683507680 Retail Groups Investors Chronicle and Stock Exchange Gazette Vol 14 1970 p 1120 Calendar of Economic Events July September 1971 National Institute Economic Review Vol 58 1971 pp 76 79 doi 10 1177 002795017105800107 Henry Battle Investor Chronicle and Stock Exchange Gazette Vol 18 1971 p 332 A P Jacquemin H W de Jong 2012 Welfare aspects of industrial markets p 66 ISBN 9781461342311 Raghubir Dayal Peter Zachariah Kireet Rajpal 1996 Advertising and Promotion Management p 70 ISBN 9788170996422 UNITED DRAPERY STORES LIMITED The Guardian 11 October 1972 p 17 David Teather 3 April 2009 John Timpson the cobbler who is showing his rivals a clean pair of heels The Guardian Retrieved 4 June 2012 Meet The Timpsons www timpson co uk Retrieved 18 January 2016 a b George G Blakey 2011 A History of the London Stock Market 1945 2009 ISBN 9780857191151 Lionel Faraday Gray Jonathan Love 1975 Jane s Major Companies of Europe p B 162 ISBN 9780354005142 Hollander Stanley Charles 1970 Multinational Retailing p 46 ISBN 9780877441007 United Drapery Stores The Economist Vol 211 1964 p 1526 Agenda Co operative Management Magazine Vol 9 10 1961 p 73 John Myers amp Co mail order catalogue business National Archives Retrieved 4 December 2021 Eric M Sigsworth 1990 Montague Burton The Tailor of Taste p 149 ISBN 9780719023644 a b Dean F Berry Sebastian Green 2016 Cultural Structural and Strategic Change in Management Buyouts p 161 ISBN 9781349215591 Investors Chronicle Vol 56 1981 p 887 The Monopolies and Mergers Commission January 1983 The Great Universal Stores PLC PDF The Great Universal Stores PLC and Empire Stores Bradford PLC a report on the existing and proposed mergers The Competition Commission Archived from the original PDF on 25 October 2007 Retrieved 25 October 2011 a b Dean F Berry Sebastian Green 2016 Cultural Structural and Strategic Change in Management Buyouts pp 163 164 ISBN 9781349215591 Gerald Ronson Jeffrey Robinson 2010 Gerald Ronson Leading from the Front My Story p 114 ISBN 9781907195204 Sebastian Green Dean F Berry 1991 The John Collier Story Cultural Structural and Strategic Change in Management Buyouts pp 149 175 doi 10 1007 978 1 349 21559 1 7 ISBN 9781349215614 Retail Week s Top 500 2004 Habitat steps in on Richard Shops Deal The Financial Times 1 October 1983 p 1 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title United Drapery Stores amp oldid 1157375985, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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