Our history
Consistent reinvention
As our customers’ shopping habits have changed, so have we. We’ve regularly reinvented ourselves over more than 100 years.

1890
Kay & Co, our oldest catalogue brand, founded

1930s
Littlewoods Home Shopping launched by the Moores family in Liverpool

1990s
First Littlewoods ecommerce business launched during online shopping’s infancy

2003
Shop Direct created from the merger of Littlewoods and Great Universal Stores

2005
Littlewoods stores sold to Associated British Foods

2009
Very.co.uk launched to focus on the online shopping generation

2014
Recorded a profit following a decade of losses

2015
Cut the catalogue, went 100% digital and merged heritage brands into Very.co.uk and Littlewoods.com

2020
Became The Very Group to reflect our flagship consumer brand Very.co.uk

2020
Our new fulfilment centre becomes operational