Industry Retail Fashion Website www.childrensalon.com Founded 1952 Number of employees 250 | Area served Global Revenue 43 million GBP (2015) Type of business Private | |
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Key people Michele Harriman-Smith (CEO) | ||
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Childrensalon is a British online retailer of high-end fashion and luxury clothes for children. Based in Royal Tunbridge Wells, England, where the company’s original shop was founded in 1952, the company sells more than 250 designer brands to customers worldwide.
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History
The company was founded in 1952 by Sybil Harriman as a shop selling children’s clothes in Tunbridge Wells, Kent. She and her husband Rene had previously lived in Vienna but relocated to the UK after the birth of their 6th child. Rene was a jazz pianist and Sybil ran a sewing circle for women until she established Childrensalon as a workroom at her house. There, she pleated, smocked and even remade old fabrics into clothes for her children.
Operation
Childrensalon remains a family-owned business with its head office and 6 warehouses in Royal Tunbridge Wells. It employs more than 250 members of staff who speak 25 languages.
Financials
Revenue in 2015 rose 51% to £42.7 million up from £28.3 million in 2014. More than 2 thirds of Childrensalon’s revenue is generated from sales outside the UK and in 2015 profit grew by 80.74% from 2014.