type privately held company industry fashion founded 1989 founder luke warren headquarters manchester england area served worldwide products apparel owner 50 % owned by emeram capital gmbh 50 % independently owned website http www.bench.co.uk bench in promenade bench usually branded as bench . is a british clothing brand that is sold worldwide including in europe canada and australia . the company was founded in manchester britain 1 and specialises in streetwear . contents 1 history 2 supply chain 3 references 4 external links history edit the brand began in 1989 creating graphic t shirt designs influenced by skateboarding . over the years bench . has evolved into a global lifestyle brand . and now sells not only menswear but womenswear 1 including denim trousers sweats hoodies belts bags skirts and dresses . supply chain edit although the company sells through many retailers in the united kingdom they also have their own stores in westfield london bluewater liverpool one glasgow the trafford centre manchester meadowhall sheffield metro centre portsmouth brighton leicester nottingham leeds bristol and a number of designer outlet centres . internationally they have their own stores in berlin cologne hamburg frankfurt am main jena munich edmonton calgary red deer alberta saskatoon toronto kingston montreal kelowna and vancouver . in canada through an exclusive arrangement bench is being sold at hudson s bay stores . in croatia through an exclusive agreement bench is being sold at kruna mode stores . they currently have 10 stores in the country ; 5 in split 2 in zagreb 2 in zapre i and 1 in ka tela . 2 references edit a b http www.bench.co.uk about http www.krunamode.hr index.php option com frontpage & itemid 1 external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title bench british clothing brand & oldid 735826948 categories clothing companies of the united kingdomprivately held companies of the united kingdom 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 deutschsuomi edit links this page was last modified on 23 august 2016 at 10 25 . 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