Kays Catalogues

Infobox Defunct Company
company_name = Kays
company_
fate = Merged with Littlewoods to become Shop Direct
successor = Shop Direct Group
foundation = 1794
defunct = 2004
location = Worcester (also major presence in Leeds)
industry = Mail order
key_people = William Kilbourne Kay
products =
num_employees =
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Kays Catalogues is a British Mail Order Catalogue, which was particularly big throughout the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. The company had offices and warehouses in Worcester, Leeds, Glasgow, Newtown, Bradford, Bristol, Droitwich, Lancaster and York. [ [http://www.kaysheritage.org.uk/ Kays Heritage] ]

The company often commissioned artwork for the front of its catalogues, for instance in 1974 and 1979 two pictures of Worcester Cathedral were used.

The company was founded in Worcester in the 1794. The company's largest depot opened in Leeds in 1981 and closed in August 2004 (pictured). On 23 February 2007 Kays original depot in Worcester closed. This was part of GUS's work to amalgamate Kays and Littlewoods, calling it Shop Direct, this is centred around Littlewoods Traditional home in Liverpool.

References

External links

* [http://www.kays.com Kays homepage]
* [http://www.kaysheritage.org.uk/ Kays heritage]