February 21, 2014
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From stall at market to You could call it a tale of bags to riches. A quarter of
a century ago, a wandering hippie turned up in london with some unusual leather
bags, which he showed to his cousin lowell harder, prompting her to set up a
business which was sold this week for 130m pounds($336m). Ms harder, an
australianborn architect who had settled in london after getting married and
having three children, was fascinated by the bags, which were made in india and
unavailable in the west. She made contact with the manufacturer and persuaded
him to go into business with her. In 1984, she opened a stall at camden market,
selling casual business bags of her own design and ethnic handbags, all
manufactured in india. Her designs began to attract attention from retailers,
including john lewis, and she realised there was money to be made if she could
attract a financial backer. Now, aged 60, she is the creative force behind
radley handbags, which are found on sale at 500 independent outlets and
department stores. The model furrst lily cole has posed with a
light blue large tote assam, costing 160 pounds.Natasha bedingfield, the singer,
has a bright red radley tangiers shoulder bag, worth 165 pounds. None of the
items is cheap, Louis Vuitton
Women but every one includes the signature scottie dog logo. They
range from the epsom across body bag, costing 155 pounds, to the soho shoulder
model, at 375 pounds. The cheapest way to acquire the radley logo is to pay 15
pounds for a pink scottie dog key ring. When she was first contacted by john
lewis, ms harder did not appreciate the significance of the call, as she now
frankly admits, since she did not know that the chain sold bags. But it soon
became clear that she was on to a potential money maker, if she could get
financial backing. In 1991, she agreed to let her company, hidesign, be taken
over by tula, makers of flapover organiser bags. This allowed her to branch out
into making colourful handbags that were intended to be fun as well as
functional. For the first couple of years, the experiment seemed to flounder,
and retailers tried to persuade her to tone down her designs, which she refused
to do. Inspired by her love of dogs, she tried putting a brightly coloured
cutout of a terrier on some of her designs. The result was an immediate hit, and
the sales team demanded http://www.furrst.com/louis-vuitton-mens/bags.html
a scottie dog on every bag. Using the trade name radley, her designs were soon
providing most of the tula group's turnover. In 2002, ms harder led a management
buyout and emerged as managing director. The company was renamed radley last
year, when the private equity firm phoenix bought a majority 45m pounds stake.
Radley has opened two stores in london, one in the king's road and one in covent
garden, with plans for another in manchester. Sales have risen by 30 per cent a
year for the past five years, and Where
Do You Get Louis Vuitton bags will exceed 60m pounds in the current
financial year. This week's buyup by the private equity firm exponent will
provide the financial muscle to revitalise the tula brand and move into
international markets.
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