Karrimor

Karrimor

Karrimor is a brand for a range of products manufactured and sold by Sports Direct, it was an English producer of high-quality outdoor and sports equipment. It was founded in 1946 by Charles and Mary Parsons with Grace Davies who hand-sewed cotton-duck cycle pannier bags from the upstairs of their Lancashire cycle shop.

Karrimor went on to build an international reputation for outdoor clothing, rucksacks and footwear. The Clayton-le-Moors, Lancashire based company was bought in 1999 by South African leisure group Cullinan Holdings which immediately cut manufacturing with the loss of 80 jobs. It had previously been acquired by 21 Invest - part of the Italian Benetton empire - in 1996 for £7 million

The brand went into receivership in 2004. Within 24 hours it was bought out by Lonsdale Sports, who broke up the company, selling the outlets and retaining only the rights to the name, which was licensed to such events as the Karrimor International Mountain Marathon.

Sports Direct now sell Karrimor branded products across all their UK stores.

External links

* [http://www.karrimor.com Official site]


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