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