Grattan plc

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title: "Grattan plc" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["retail-companies-established-in-1912", "companies-based-in-bradford", "1912-establishments-in-england", "british-companies-established-in-1912", "clothing-retailers-of-england", "clothing-companies-of-england"] description: "British clothing retailer" topic_path: "geography/united-kingdom" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grattan_plc" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary British clothing retailer ::

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Field	Value
name	Grattan Plc
logo	GRATTAN AW16 LOGO.jpg
type	Clothing
founder	John Enrico Fattorini
area_served	UK, Ireland
industry	Clothing catalogue
key_people	Ann Steer (CEO)
products	Clothing and household
owner	Otto Group
foundation	1912 as Grattan Stores
1995 as Grattan Plc
location_city	Bradford
location_country	UK
homepage	http://www.grattan.co.uk/
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| name = Grattan Plc | logo = GRATTAN AW16 LOGO.jpg | type = Clothing | founder = John Enrico Fattorini | area_served = UK, Ireland | industry = Clothing catalogue | key_people = Ann Steer (CEO) | products = Clothing and household | owner = Otto Group | foundation = 1912 as Grattan Stores 1995 as Grattan Plc | location_city = Bradford | location_country = UK | homepage = http://www.grattan.co.uk/

Grattan is an English catalogue clothing retailer based in Bradford, England with 18 stores and 2 main catalogues and a number of specialty catalogues. Grattan has approximately 2,600 employees.

History

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Grattan catalogues was founded in 1912 by John Enrico Fattorini, in Bradford, West Yorkshire after he fell out with his cousin while working at Empire Stores.

The company was purchased by Next plc for 300 million pounds in 1986, a deal which saw Next outbid future Grattan owners Otto Versand. By the 1990s Grattan was the UK's fourth largest catalogue company with 13% of the mail order market.

In 1991 Grattan was purchased by Otto Versand for 165 million pounds.

Grattan's celebrity campaigns have included the model Penny Lancaster-Stewart and the TV presenter Nicky Hambleton-Jones.

In May 2009 the company announced plans to cut over 1000 jobs at their bases in Bradford, Sheffield, Peterborough and London in an effort to streamline the company and return the Freemans Grattan Holdings company back to profitability.

In 2012 Grattan announced plans to open a new head office in Bradford.

Sponsorship

The Bradford-based catalogue company sponsored Bradford City A.F.C. from 1989 to 1991. From 2006 to 2010, Odsal Stadium in Odsal, West Yorkshire, England, was named Grattan Stadium for sponsorship reasons.

References

References

1. "Grattan Catalogue History".
2. "Otto Group Companies: Grattan".
3. [http://www.grattan.co.uk/Web/main/help/question.asp?qid=5 Grattan Corporate Information]
4. [http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/local/localbrad/9188566.Author_to_write_Grattan_history/?ref=rss History of Grattan from the Bradford Telegraph & Argus]
5. "The history of Grattan".
6. "Grattan". Otto.
7. [https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/bradford/7829210.stm BBC report on the job cuts at FGH]
8. [http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/local/localbrad/9656741.Freeman_Grattan_Holdings_to_open_new_head_office_in_Bradford/ Grattan new head office opening in Bradford]

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