group see the mamas & the papas . mamas & papas type private limited company industry retail founded 1981 headquarters huddersfield west yorkshire key people david scacchetti luisa scacchetti products pushchairs buggies car seats toys nursery furniture number of employees c. 1 000 website www.mamasandpapas.com mamas & papas is a uk based retailer and manufacturer supplying prams pushchairs baby products furniture and maternity wear . it was established in huddersfield in 1981 by david and luisa scacchetti both of italian ancestry whose initial aim was to bring italian design to the uk baby buggy market . they started their business with a range of coloured corduroy prams imported from italy . 1 they sold through one local shop of their own and through supplying other stores until deciding to become a retail brand in 1998 . 2 for most of its existence the business has been privately owned with the scacchettis daughters now actively involved . 3 in 2011 one newspaper described mamas & papas as the uk s bestselling nursery brand . 4 at this time they were expanding the number of their overseas outlets . 5 by 2012 they had about 60 uk stores and about 50 shops abroad . in 2014 there were financial problems and the business embarked on cost cutting associated with a company voluntary arrangement cva . 6 store closures were considered 7 but were avoided by the cva . 8 the company returned to profit in 2015 . 9 references edit mamas & papas founders take pram firm on global push telegraph 12 feb 2012 mamas & papas reveals plans to bump up store opening programme as sales soar the times 20 june 2009 mamas & papas david and luisa scacchetti growing business 25 nov 2013 yorkshire determination and italian design it s a winning combination independent 9 july 2011 mamas & papas pushes its strollers across world mail on sunday 3 july 2011 baby clothes chain mamas & papas cutting costs daily express 21 august 2014 mamas & papas considers store closures under rescue plan telegraph 7 july 2014 creditors approve mamas and papas cva yorkshire post 11 sep 2014 baby boom the herald 6 jan 2016 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title mamas % 26 papas & oldid 742571458 categories retail companies of the united kingdomcompanies established in 1981 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 4 october 2016 at 13 56 . 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