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Flannels, also known as The Flannels Group, is a chain of high end designer stores in the United Kingdom specialising in luxury fashion clothing, shoes and accessories for men and women. It was founded by Neil Prosser in 1976, who remains the managing director today.〔 〕 As of 2014, there are eight locations including six Flannels stores open in Manchester, Liverpool, Birmingham, Cardiff, Leeds and Nottingham, as well as Manchester’s Life store and Flannels’ Lowry Outlet store.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url=http://www.flannels.com/stores )〕 In 2012, sportswear giant Sports Direct bought a majority 51% stake in Flannels. == History == The current managing director Neil Prosser founded Flannels in 1976 with a menswear store in Knutsford, Cheshire. After four years he opened a second outlet in Altrincham’s Goose Green to much success and the inevitable happened in 1987 when Flannels opened a store in Manchester city centre. This ‘flagship’ store introduced new labels to the city for the first time such as Giorgio Armani, Canali, Paul Smith, CP Company and Stone Island.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url=http://www.v1fly.com/partners-flannels.html )〕 Based on the necessity to divide more casual and formal ranges, the ‘Life’ store on Manchester’s Old Bank Street was born selling a much younger, street-based style of product. 1994 marked the year that Flannels expanded into the womenswear market opening two new shops in Manchester’s Royal Exchange Arcade. A Life store in Birmingham and an accessories store in Leeds (where a Flannels store had opened a year earlier in 1993) also opened in this year. Neil Prosser’s friendship with successful retailer Jim Gibson lead to a joint venture in 1995 . with a women and menswear store working under the name Cruise Flannels being opened in Nottingham – and subsequently in Birmingham and Newcastle in 1996. Flannels Leeds, Vicar Lane, was opened in March 1999. In February 2000, Cruise Flannels Birmingham and Nottingham were rebranded to become solely Flannels sites as Prosser and Gibson parted ways after growing to 17 stores nationwide. In May 2004, Flannels Cardiff opened its doors – including a restaurant.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url=http://www.flannels.com/pages/stores/flannelscardiff )〕 In April 2006, the first Flannels store in Liverpool opened in the city’s luxury shopping destination, the Metquarter. A flagship Flannels store was then opened in the 2008 development, Liverpool One creating a concept store covering 20,000sq feet across three floors. The store’s cool, spacious design sets the new blueprint for Flannels stores featuring original pieces and Parisian antiques in a minimal contemporary setting. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Flannels (retail)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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