Coggles

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Coggles
Industry Online shopping
Founded1974;51 years ago (1974) in York, England
FounderVictoria Bage
Products Designer clothing, accessories and homeware
Owner Frasers Group
Website coggles.com

Coggles is a British designer clothing retailer. It was founded by Victoria Bage in 1974, bought out of administration by THG plc in 2013, [1] and sold to Frasers Group in 2024. [2]

History

Coggles was founded in York in 1974 by Victoria Bage, who reportedly named the shop after her husband’s alleged mistress, Sarah Coggles, following a personal betrayal. [3] Bage's son, Mark Bage, modernised the shop and launched an online store in 2006. [4] [5] [6]

Coggles entered administration in 2013. The physical stores were liquidated and the online side business sold to the e-commerce retailer, The Hut Group. [7] [1]

In December 2017, after four years online-only, Coggles reopened a bricks-and-mortar flagship in Alderley Edge, Cheshire. The new 4,000 sq ft store occupied a former bank and featured marble interiors and former vaults repurposed as display rooms. [8] [9]

In June 2024, it was announced that THG plc had sold Coggles, along with the rest of THG's Luxury division, to Frasers Group. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 "The Hut Group buys Coggles from administration". Fashion United. 19 June 2013. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
  2. 1 2 Jolly, Jasper (24 June 2024). "Frasers buys THG's Coggles website as they unveil partnership deal". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 August 2024.
  3. ↑ "The Story Behind Sarah Coggles". Coggles. June 2013.
  4. ↑ "Men's Style Q&A: Mark Bage of Coggles". The Telegraph. 9 June 2015.
  5. ↑ "Shop Lands Britain's Best Boutique Title". The York Press. 9 January 2008.
  6. ↑ "Sarah Coggles, York". Drapers. 10 March 2008.
  7. ↑ "Coggles to Become an Online Fashoin Star Following Rescue". The Yorkshire Post.
  8. ↑ "Coggles returns to physical retail with Cheshire flagship". Retail Gazette. 4 December 2017.
  9. ↑ Watson-Mitchell, Mark (24 June 2024). "THG – Is It Being Bailed Out By Mike Ashley's Frasers Group Taking Out Coggles & Co?". UK Investor Magazine. Retrieved 31 July 2025.
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