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Article: Burberry Ltd.
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- International Directory of Company Histories
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Burberry Ltd.
29-53 Chatham Place, Hackney
London, E9 6LP
United Kingdom
Telephone: (44)208 985 3344
Fax: (44)208 985 2636
Web site:
http://www.gusplc.co.uk/burberry.html
Division of Great Unive
rsal Stores plc
Founded:
1856
Employees:
2,500
Sales:
£
230 million ($366.1 million)(2000)
NAIC:
31523 Women
’
s and Girls
’
Cut and Sew Apparel Manufacturing; 31522 Men
’
s and Boys
’
Cut and Sew Apparel Manufacturing; 44814 Family Clothing Stores
Burberry Ltd. is a manufacturer and marketer of men
’
s, women
’
s, and children
’
s apparel, as well as accessories and fragrances. The Burberry name is virtually synonymous with the tan gabardine raincoat pioneered by ...