Littlewoods

Littlewoods

Infobox Defunct Company
company_name = Littlewoods
company_
fate = Merged with Shop Direct
successor = Littlewoods Shop Direct Group
foundation = 1923
defunct = 2004
location = Liverpool, Merseyside,
England
industry = Mail order, Football pools
key_people = Sir John Moores (Founder)
David and Frederick Barclay (Final Owners)
products =
num_employees =
parent =
subsid = Littlewoods Index

Littlewoods is the name of a former retail and gambling empire founded in Liverpool, Merseyside, England by Sir John Moores.

It was purchased by David and Frederick Barclay, and in 2004 was merged with Kays Catalogues to create the Littlewoods Shop Direct Group (now Shop Direct Group).

The Moores family sold the Littlewoods Pools business to Rodime in 2000.


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