Coggles

Coggles
Privately owned company
Industry Fashion Retail
Founded York in 1974
Founder Victoria Bage
Headquarters Cheshire, United Kingdom
Area served
 International
Owner The Hut Group
Website www.coggles.com

History

Coggles is a designer fashion retailer for men and women. The company stocks over 400 brands which specialize in luxury clothing, accessories and footwear.

Coggles was established in 1974 when the flagship store was opened in the UK in York by Victoria Bage. Bage supposedly named the store 'Coggles' after she discovered her husband was having an affair with his secretary, named Sarah Coggles.[1] Bage immediately divorced her husband and decided to name the store Coggles as a permanent reminder of his infidelity.

When the store first opened it served coffee, played music and sold fashion.

Bage's son, Mark Bage,[2] modernised the store[3] and took Coggles online.[4]

In 2013, Coggles entered administration and the online side of the business was bought by multi-online retailer, The Hut Group.[5]

Following the closure of the store in York in 2013,[6] Coggles now operates entirely online from The Hut Group's headquarters in Cheshire.

Coggles.com

The Coggles website launched in 2006 taking elements of the store online and still providing designer men’s and women’s fashion.[7] Coggles.com is known for its 'LIFE' section,[8] which is a collection of editorial articles covering art, travel, music, food and more. Coggles.com is also home to one of the UK’s largest street style archives.[9]

Awards[10]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "The Story Behind Sarah Coggles". Coggles.
  2. ↑ "Men's Style Q&A: Mark Bage of Coggles". The Telegraph.
  3. ↑ "Shop Lands Britain's Best Boutique Title". The York Press.
  4. ↑ "Sarah Coggles, York". Drapers.
  5. ↑ "Coggles to Become an Online Fashoin Star Following Rescue". The Yorkshire Post.
  6. ↑ "The Hut Group Buys Coggles from Administration". Fashion United.
  7. ↑ "The 50 Best Online Clothes Shops". Independent.
  8. ↑ "How Coggles Uses Content Marketing for Ecommerce". Econsultancy.
  9. ↑ "Video Premiere: Coggles Street Style - Amph". Dazed Digital.
  10. ↑ "Sarah Coggles Fashion Store, York". Fuse Studios.
  11. ↑ "Independent Retailer of the Year Award: Sarah Coggles". Drapers.
  12. ↑ "Congratulations to Sarah Coggles at the Drapers Awards 2010". Margin.
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