Coggles is a British designer clothing retailer. It was founded by Victoria Bage in 1974, bought out of administration by THG plc in 2013,[1] and sold to Frasers Group in 2024.[2]
History
Coggles was founded in York in 1974 by Victoria Bage, who reportedly named the shop after her husband’s alleged mistress, Sarah Coggles, following a personal betrayal.[3] Bage's son, Mark Bage, modernised the shop and launched an online store in 2006.[4][5][6]
Coggles entered administration in 2013. The physical stores were liquidated and the online side business sold to the e-commerce retailer, The Hut Group.[7][1]
In December 2017, after four years online-only, Coggles reopened a bricks-and-mortar flagship in Alderley Edge, Cheshire. The new 4,000 sq ft store occupied a former bank and featured marble interiors and former vaults repurposed as display rooms.[8][9]
In June 2024, it was announced that THG plc had sold Coggles, along with the rest of THG's Luxury division, to Frasers Group.[2]
References
- The Hut Group buys Coggles from administration Fashion United, 19 June 2013, retrieved 19 October 2022^
- Jasper Jolly. Frasers buys THG's Coggles website as they unveil partnership deal The Guardian, 24 June 2024, retrieved 25 August 2024^
- The Story Behind Sarah Coggles Coggles, June 2013^
- Men's Style Q&A: Mark Bage of Coggles The Telegraph, 9 June 2015^
- Shop Lands Britain's Best Boutique Title The York Press, 9 January 2008^
- Sarah Coggles, York Drapers, 10 March 2008^
- Coggles to Become an Online Fashion Star Following Rescue The Yorkshire Post^
- Coggles returns to physical retail with Cheshire flagship Retail Gazette, 4 December 2017^
- Mark Watson-Mitchell. THG – Is It Being Bailed Out By Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group Taking Out Coggles & Co? UK Investor Magazine, 2024-06-24, retrieved 2025-07-31^