for other uses see greenwood disambiguation . greenwoods industry retail founded 1860 founder willie greenwood headquarters bradford england number of locations 80 april 2011 products menswear revenue 29m 2010 operating income 22 000 2008 1 number of employees 500 website www.greenwoodonline.com greenwoods is a chain of menswear stores with headquarters in bradford england . 2 contents 1 history 2 today 3 references 4 external links history edit the company was founded by sir willie greenwood in 1860 as a hatters shop . 3 at its peak in the 1990s there were around 200 branches of the store . 1 in october 2008 a chinese retailer expressed an interest in purchasing a 50 % stake in the chain . however whilst negotiations were made the company was hit badly by the downturn in the global and british economy in the last quarter of 2008 . on 23 january 2009 greenwoods entered administration and a subsidiary of harvest fancy hong kong bought 87 of the 92 stores across the uk from the administrators . 2 4 prior to entering administration greenwoods had a turnover of 25.9 m and employed 579 people . 5 greenwoods had their headquarters in albion mills greengates bradford but have moved to newly built premises on the shipley airedale road nearer the city centre . today edit there are currently 80 stores across the uk . greenwoods are continuing to improve and upgrade the image of its stores with significant investment programme which is funded by their parent company pacific trend investment . 6 accounting for 20 percent of the company s revenue the 1860 brand has raised the profile and it is acknowledged as the second largest formal garment hirer in the uk . greenwoods has recently introduced a slim fit range of suits shirts ties and shoes under the 1860 brand which has proved to be hugely successful with the younger market . references edit a b profits drop is irrelevant insists greenwoods group yorkshire post 28 may 2008 retrieved 28 january 2009 a b 556 jobs saved by greenwoods deal . bradford telegraph and argus . 23 january 2009 . retrieved 28 january 2009 . about 1860 . 1860 . com . archived from the original on 30 january 2009 . retrieved 28 january 2009 . hall james 24 january 2009 . chinese buy greenwoods . daily telegraph . london . retrieved 28 january 2009 . 556 jobs at yorkshire clothing store greenswood menswear saved by administrators . yorkshire evening post . 26 january 2009 . retrieved 28 january 2009 . greenwoods menswear menswear at its finest . retail digital . 6 december 2010 . archived from the original on 15 july 2011 . retrieved 6 december 2010 . external links edit official site official website . 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 greenwoods & oldid 741419646 categories clothing retailers of the united kingdomcompanies established in 1860companies based in bradfordhat companiesretail companies established in 1860united kingdom retail company stubshidden categories use dmy dates from december 2013all 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 languages add links this page was last modified on 27 september 2016 at 11 21 . 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