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Grattan is a British catalogue clothing retailer based in Bradford, UK with 18 stores and 2 main catalogues and a number of specialty catalogues. Grattan has approximately 2,600 employees.〔 ==History== Grattan catalogues was founded in 1912 by John Enrico Fattorini, in Bradford, West Yorkshire after he fell out with his cousin while working at Empire Stores.〔(History of Grattan from the Bradford Telegraph & Argus )〕 The company was purchased by Next plc for 300 million pounds in 1986, a deal which saw Next outbid future Grattan owners Otto Versand. By the 1990s Grattan was the UK's fourth largest catalogue company with 13% of the mail order market.〔(The history of Grattan )〕 Grattan was purchased by Otto Versand in 1991 for 165 million pounds.〔 In 2000 its administrative department was merged with Freemans, under the banner of Otto UK.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Grattan )〕 Grattan's celebrity campaigns have included model, Penny Lancaster-Stewart, TV presenter Nicky Hambleton-Jones. In May 2009 the company announced plans to cut over 1000 jobs at their bases in Bradford, Sheffield, Peterborough and London in an effort to streamline the company and return the Freemans Grattan Holdings company back to profitability.〔(BBC report on the job cuts at FGH )〕 In 2012 Grattan announced plans to open a new head office in Bradford as it reaffirmed its commitment to the City.〔(Grattan new head office opening in Bradford )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Grattan plc」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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