Kendall & Sons Ltd

Sectors:

  • Wearing apparel & footwear production Accessories inc umbrella, walking stick, etc, production
  • Distribution - retailing Wearing apparel, footwear, haberdashery, mercery, etc, retailing

Notes:

Established in 1870 by William W Kendall as a retailer and, later, manufacturer of umbrellas. By 1960s had over 100 stores and two factories. 1977 sold by Kendall family to Combined English Stores Ltd and sold on in 1981 to Hepworth & Son Ltd which was subsequently renamed Next. Eventually subsumed into Next Group

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