The Independent - London, October 11th, 1996
With its slightly old-fashioned name and product lines which include size 26 dresses, the mail order group N Brown has often been regarded as something of a stock market oddity. The fact that Sir David Alliance, the Coats Viyella chairman, and his family control 40 per cent of the group has also give the impression that it was little more than his "second company". The last year has changed all that.
Last December's pounds 1.1bn bid for Littlewoods in conjunction with Iceland, gave notice that N Brown was now a force to be reckoned with. It also showed the company's management that it had the...
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