type limited company industry retail founded 1912 headquarters walthamstow london england number of locations around 250 stores area served uk products clothing owner a levy & sons divisions blue inc blue inc ladies the officers club website www.blueinc.co.uk blue inc kings mall hammersmith london blue inc is a chain of fashion retail stores based and operating across the united kingdom . it is notable for being one of the largest menswear retailers in the country . it has stores nationwide mainly in larger towns and cities . currently it trades under both the officers club and blue inc names with some blue inc stores dedicated to womenswear as well and has around 250 stores nationwide as well as stores in latvia estonia and malaysia . contents 1 history 1.1 administration 2 products 3 references 4 external links history edit the company began trading as a. levy & sons in 1912 . after rapid expansion in the 1980s the company was trading via a number of brands chiefly as mr byrite . 1 blue inc as a brand first appeared in 1997 aimed at younger men who desire an alternative and low priced image with an eye catching street look . the current flagship store is located on oxford street while the main uk chain is based in principally located town and city centres and major shopping centres . although traditionally a menswear retailer blue inc has more recently begun to offer womenswear ranges within selected larger stores . in 2006 marlow retail ltd purchased the business . in march 2011 blue inc expanded with the purchase of 47 of the stores from collapsed rival the officers club retaining them under the officers club brand name . the company went on to purchase 20 stores from the administrators of the retailer d2 expanding its business to over 200 stores across the country . since 2009 the company has also had an online presence with an ecommerce store . administration edit on 7 january 2016 blue inc called in the administrators on behalf of a.levy and sons their parent company who own the store leases for blue inc and officers club . as of 21 january 2016 many stores are now closed but most remain open . 2 products edit blue inc offers fashionable men s and women s clothing from formal products and suits to casual wear at competitively low prices form multiple brands . it sells its own products under the blue inc officers club or twisted soul brand names but also stocks other brands such as adidas mossimo and polo ralph lauren . references edit property week butler sarah 7 january 2016 . hundreds of jobs at risk as fashion firm lines up administrators for subsidiary . the guardian . retrieved 13 february 2016 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title blue inc & oldid 716033098 categories retail companies of the united kingdomclothing retailers of the united kingdomcompanies established in 1912companies based in waltham forestretail companies based in londonreuben brothers1912 establishments in england 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 19 april 2016 at 13 01 . 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