Jaeger Holdings
1920 The name of Dr. Jaeger's Co was changed to the Jaeger Company
1947 Jaeger Co was registered as a private company to take over that part of Jaeger Holdings that consists of the business of wholesalers of woollen and silk and other underclothing[1]
1961 Issue of shares in Jaeger Holdings to the public[2]; the company was a maker and retailer of clothing and knitted goods[3]. It had 14 subsidiaries involved in manufacturing, merchanting and retailer high quality clothing and hand-knitting yarns:
- E. O. White and Co
- W. B. Jennings and Co
- R. J. and A. R. Pitchers
- S. Taylor and Co (Hucknall)
- Gibbs (Shepshed)
- The Ewe Hosiery Co
- William Spence (Huntly) and its subsidiary Inverurie Knitting Co
- The Jaeger Co
1963 H R Tomalin was chairman[4]
1964 Acquired James Renwick and Co of Hawick, a long-term supplier of knitwear to the group[5]
1967 Jaeger Holdings was acquired by the Coats textile group.
2003 Coats sold the Jaeger brand name and the Jaeger retail chain[6]