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1963 H R Tomalin was chairman<ref>The Times May 14, 1963 </ref> | 1963 H R Tomalin was chairman<ref>The Times May 14, 1963 </ref> | ||
1964 Acquired [[James Renwick and Co]] of Hawick, a long-term supplier of knitwear to the group<ref>The Times July 27, 1964</ref> | |||
1967 '''Jaeger Holdings''' was acquired by the [[J. and P. Coats, Patons and Baldwins|Coats]] textile group. | 1967 '''Jaeger Holdings''' was acquired by the [[J. and P. Coats, Patons and Baldwins|Coats]] textile group. | ||
Latest revision as of 10:50, 22 July 2020
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]