Suit Direct

The name is licensed to other makers for some or all of what carries it.

Reported Owner from a secondary source, or a register entry whose current status wasn’t checked.

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Ownership

  1. Now
    Baird Group (licence holder per 2022 funding report) Licensee
  2. 2026
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Kind of name
Licensed nameThe company that owns the trademark doesn’t necessarily make the product. Quality follows the licensee, not the name.
Market tier
Value
Seen at off-price
Rarely

Notes

Baird Group, the Leeds-based menswear wholesaler founded in the 1890s, is described as licence holder of Suit Direct and (until 2023) Ben Sherman; it ran concessions in Debenhams until the 2020 collapse, took a CVA, and sources from Asia.

Sources

  1. fashionunited.uk /news/business/baird-group-secures-7-million-pounds-in-funding-to-fuel-international-growth/2022070163894

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