{{Short description|British designer clothing retailer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2022}} {{Use British English|date=October 2022}} {{Infobox company | name = Coggles | logo = | logo_caption = | logo_alt = | type = | industry = [[Online shopping]] | predecessor = <!-- or: | predecessors = --> | founded = {{Start date and age|1974}} in [[York]], England | founder = Victoria Bage | defunct = <!-- {{End date|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | fate = | successor = <!-- or: | successors = --> | hq_location_city = | hq_location_country = | area_served = <!-- or: | areas_served = --> | key_people = | products = [[Designer clothing]], [[Fashion accessory|accessories]] and [[Home accessories|homeware]] | owner = [[Frasers Group]] | num_employees = | num_employees_year = <!-- Year of num_employees data (if known) --> | parent = | website = {{URL|coggles.com}} }} '''Coggles''' is a British [[designer clothing]] retailer. It was founded by Victoria Bage in 1974, bought out of administration by [[THG plc]] in 2013,<ref name="THG acquisition">{{cite web |url=https://www.fashionunited.com/executive/management/the-hut-group-buys-coggles-from-administration-20131906492214 |title=The Hut Group buys Coggles from administration |publisher=Fashion United|date=19 June 2013 |accessdate=19 October 2022}}</ref> and sold to [[Frasers Group]] in 2024.<ref name="Luxury division sold">{{cite news |last=Jolly |first=Jasper |date=24 June 2024 |title=Frasers buys THG's Coggles website as they unveil partnership deal |url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/jun/24/frasers-buys-thg-websites-sports-direct-coggles |work=The Guardian |location= |access-date=25 August 2024}}</ref>
== 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.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Story Behind Sarah Coggles|url=http://www.coggles.com/life/fashion/features/the-story-behind-sarah-coggles.list|website=Coggles|date=June 2013 }}</ref> Bage's son, Mark Bage, modernised the shop and launched an online store in 2006.<ref>{{cite news|title=Men's Style Q&A: Mark Bage of Coggles|url=http://fashion.telegraph.co.uk/news-features/TMG9219527/Mens-style-QandA-Mark-Bage-of-Coggles.html|website=The Telegraph|date=9 June 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Shop Lands Britain's Best Boutique Title|url=http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/1952353.display/|website=The York Press|date=9 January 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Sarah Coggles, York|url=http://www.drapersonline.com/news/sarah-coggles-york/902819.fullarticle|website=Drapers|date=10 March 2008 }}</ref>
Coggles entered [[Administration in United Kingdom law|administration]] in 2013. The physical stores were liquidated and the online side business sold to the e-commerce retailer, [[The Hut Group]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Coggles to Become an Online Fashion Star Following Rescue |url=http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/coggles-to-become-an-online-fashion-star-following-rescue-1-6055788 |website=The Yorkshire Post}}</ref><ref name="THG acquisition"/>
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.<ref>{{cite web|title=Coggles returns to physical retail with Cheshire flagship|url=https://www.retailgazette.co.uk/blog/2017/12/coggles-returns-physical-retail-cheshire-flagship/|website=Retail Gazette|date=4 December 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Watson-Mitchell |first=Mark |date=2024-06-24 |title=THG – Is It Being Bailed Out By Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group Taking Out Coggles & Co? |url=https://ukinvestormagazine.co.uk/thg-is-it-being-bailed-out-by-mike-ashleys-frasers-group-taking-out-coggles-co/ |access-date=2025-07-31 |website=UK Investor Magazine |language=en-GB}}</ref>
In June 2024, it was announced that THG plc had sold Coggles, along with the rest of THG's Luxury division, to Frasers Group.<ref name="Luxury division sold" />
== References == {{Reflist}}
[[Category:Frasers Group]] [[Category:Online retailers of the United Kingdom]] [[Category:Retail companies established in 1974]] [[Category:2024 mergers and acquisitions]] [[Category:English brands]] [[Category:Clothing retailers of England]] [[Category:Companies that have entered administration in the United Kingdom]]