Genre Retailer Products Shoes CEO Andrew White (Feb 2012–) Headquarters Hinckley | Founder Alfred Jones Website www.jonesbootmaker.com Number of locations 106 Founded 1857 | |
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Jones Bootmaker is a UK-based footwear retailer with over 100 branches and around 20 concessions in retail outlets throughout the United Kingdom.
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History
In 1857 Alfred and Emma Jones opened a footwear shop in Bayswater, London. Jones was a pioneer in the installation of electric lighting in retail premises. Nine of their eleven sons became apprentices and subsequently store owners, trading as A. Jones and sons. A company innovation was the supply of ready-made shoes in three widths.
After the Second World War the company expanded, with a warehouse in Eastbourne, the modernisation of existing stores, and the opening of new branches. The growth in Jones' retail outlets outstripped production at their factory; in 1955 the company became a member of the Church's group. A 'City Bootmaker' shop was opened in Manchester in 1994 and in 1996 the company began trading as Jones Bootmaker. After the acquisition of Church's by Prada Jones Bootmaker was sold in 2001 to a private investor and then in 2006 to a financial consortium. It was sold in 2010 to the Macintosh Retail Group and again in 2015 to Alteri Investors and Apollo Global Management.