Having celebrated its 30 th anniversary last year , Charles Tyrwhitt ( CT ) is recognised as the UK ’ s largest purveyor of fine shirts . Founded as a mail order company in 1986 by Nicholas Charles Tyrwhitt Wheeler while he was a student at the University of Bristol , the business now boasts a substantial footprint both online and across its stores
Charles Tyrwhitt has a clearly defined purpose : “ Making it easy for men to dress well ” – and that is helping to drive expansion . “ The business is growing and we are on a very clear growth path . It ’ s one of our core values – growth matters ,” reveals Pete Lemon , Director of Distribution .
“ It ’ s our plan to open a number of stores before Christmas , taking us to over 30 stores in the UK and the US , with one in Paris . Our core territories were the UK , USA , Germany and Australia but we ’ ve recently launched websites in France and in Canada and our Euro website in Ireland , launched a couple of years ago , has developed a very successful market there too .”
During the seven years with the company Lemon has , with his small team of managers , developed the DC operations at the 130,000 sq ft warehouse in Milton Keynes , where they moved four years
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