McDonalds Ltd
Other Business Names:
- Stewart & McDonald Ltd
- House of Fraser Ltd
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Glasgow, City of Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland, Scotland
- Leeds, Leeds, West Yorkshire, Yorkshire & the Humber, England
Sectors:
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Distribution - retailing
Department store retailing
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Wearing apparel & footwear production
Outerwear & underwear production
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Distribution - wholesaling, broking, market trading, etc
Wearing apparel, footwear, haberdashery, mercery, etc, distribution
Notes:
Traced origins to 1826 when established as Stewart & McDonald, wholesale drapers. Expanded rapidly and in 1860s started a retail business. From 1860s established clothing factories at, inter alia, Glasgow and Leeds. Opened branches in other UK cities, Australasia, Canada and South Africa. In 1900, when a very large business, incorporated as Stewart & McDonald Ltd. In 1913 the retailing business hived off from the larger wholesaling business, into McDonalds Ltd. 1922 established a branch at Harrogate. 1951 acquired by House of Fraser Ltd [2023]
Publications:
- 'McDonalds Ltd' in M Moss & A Turton, A Legend of Retailing. House of Fraser by Moss, Michael, & Alison Turton
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Stewart & McDonald Ltd
- House of Fraser Ltd
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Glasgow, City of Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland, Scotland
- Leeds, Leeds, West Yorkshire, Yorkshire & the Humber, England
Sectors:
- Distribution - retailing Department store retailing
- Wearing apparel & footwear production Outerwear & underwear production
- Distribution - wholesaling, broking, market trading, etc Wearing apparel, footwear, haberdashery, mercery, etc, distribution
Notes:
Traced origins to 1826 when established as Stewart & McDonald, wholesale drapers. Expanded rapidly and in 1860s started a retail business. From 1860s established clothing factories at, inter alia, Glasgow and Leeds. Opened branches in other UK cities, Australasia, Canada and South Africa. In 1900, when a very large business, incorporated as Stewart & McDonald Ltd. In 1913 the retailing business hived off from the larger wholesaling business, into McDonalds Ltd. 1922 established a branch at Harrogate. 1951 acquired by House of Fraser Ltd [2023]Publications:
- 'McDonalds Ltd' in M Moss & A Turton, A Legend of Retailing. House of Fraser by Moss, Michael, & Alison Turton