Coggles

{{Short description|British designer clothing retailer}}

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{{Use British English|date=October 2022}}

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| industry = Online shopping

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| founded = {{Start date and age|1974}} in York, England

| founder = Victoria Bage

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| products = Designer clothing, accessories and homeware

| owner = Frasers Group

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Coggles is a British designer clothing retailer. It was founded by Victoria Bage in 1974, bought out of administration by THG plc in 2013,{{cite web |url=https://www.fashionunited.com/executive/management/the-hut-group-buys-coggles-from-administration-20131906492214 |title=The Hut Group buys Coggles from administration |publisher=Fashion United|date=19 June 2013 |accessdate=19 October 2022}} and sold to Frasers Group in 2024.{{cite news |last=Jolly |first=Jasper |date=24 June 2024 |title=Frasers buys THG's Coggles website as they unveil partnership deal |url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/jun/24/frasers-buys-thg-websites-sports-direct-coggles |work=The Guardian |location= |access-date=25 August 2024}}

History

Coggles was founded by Victoria Bage in York in 1974. Bage stated that she named the company after a woman who was allegedly having an affair with Bage's husband.{{cite web|title=The Story Behind Sarah Coggles|url=http://www.coggles.com/life/fashion/features/the-story-behind-sarah-coggles.list|website=Coggles|date=June 2013 }} Bage's son, Mark Bage, modernised the shop and launched an online store in 2006.{{cite news|title=Men's Style Q&A: Mark Bage of Coggles|url=http://fashion.telegraph.co.uk/news-features/TMG9219527/Mens-style-QandA-Mark-Bage-of-Coggles.html|website=The Telegraph|date=9 June 2015 }}{{cite web|title=Shop Lands Britain's Best Boutique Title|url=http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/1952353.display/|website=The York Press|date=9 January 2008 }}{{cite web|title=Sarah Coggles, York|url=http://www.drapersonline.com/news/sarah-coggles-york/902819.fullarticle|website=Drapers|date=10 March 2008 }}

Coggles entered administration in 2013. The physical stores were liquidated and the online side business sold to the e-commerce retailer, The Hut Group.{{cite web|title=Coggles to Become an Online Fashoin Star Following Rescue|url=http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/coggles-to-become-an-online-fashion-star-following-rescue-1-6055788|website=The Yorkshire Post}} In December 2017, the company opened its first physical shop since 2013 in Alderley Edge, Cheshire.{{cite web|title=Coggles returns to physical retail with Cheshire flagship|url=https://www.retailgazette.co.uk/blog/2017/12/coggles-returns-physical-retail-cheshire-flagship/|website=Retail Gazette|date=4 December 2017 }}

In June 2024, it was announced that THG plc had sold Coggles, along with the rest of THG's Luxury division, to Frasers Group.

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