on regent street in london 2011 austin reed group support services in thirsk 2007 austin reed was a british fashion retailer founded in 1900 and the brand was acquired by the edinburgh woollen mill in 2016 . contents 1 operations 2 history 3 references 4 external links operations edit austin reed also owns the cc brand rebranded from country casuals . history edit austin reed was founded by tailor austin leonard reed 1873 1954 . austin reed timeline 1900 first london shop was opened in fenchurch street 1911 opening of flagship store in regent street 1929 the first international outlet on the transatlantic liner rms aquitania 1930 the opening of the regent st barbers shop which is still around today 1938 opening of a concession on the rms queen mary 1946 opening of a concession on the rms queen elizabeth 1940s winston churchill s famous siren suits were manufactured by austin reed citation needed 1980s the launch of austin reed s womenswear 1998 the austin reed group acquires classic brand cc formerly known as country casuals richard thompson acquired chester barrie from austin reed in 2005 kosugi sangyo was the austin reed ready to wear license holder in japan with retail value of 50 million . 1 2009 the austin reed group acquires heritage brand viyella 2010 the launch of the q club on the third floor of the regent street store 2011 austin reed move from the original 103 113 regent street store to the opposite side 100 regent street 2016 austin reed enters administration . five concessions located in boundary mills outlet villages will stay open following a buyout by edinburgh woollen mill . references edit chevalier michel 2012 . luxury brand management . singapore john wiley & sons . isbn 978 1 118 17176 9 . external links edit media related to austin reed at wikimedia commons official site this article about a retailer in the united kingdom is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title austin reed retailer & oldid 743378804 categories clothing retailers of the united kingdomclothing brands of the united kingdombritish companies established in 1900british royal warrant holders1900 establishments in englandshops in londonsuit makersretail companies established in 1900united kingdom retail company stubshidden categories all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from march 2013commons category with local link same as on wikidataall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages add links this page was last modified on 9 october 2016 at 11 23 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view