Is Animal clothing back?

The surfing-inspired fashion brand Animal is to close, putting up to 500 jobs at risk, its owner has announced. Owner H Young Holdings said the Poole-based business would shut by January. Up to 500 people work for the brand across 21 stores, and more than 300 other UK shops stock its products.

Has the Animal shop closed?

DORSET’S surfing-inspired fashion brand Animal is being closed by its owners in the latest blow to the UK’s retail industry. The Poole-based company’s owners told staff it was losing money and attempts to save or sell it had been unsuccessful.

Has Animal clothing been bought?

Animal has been relaunched as an online-only retailer after Mountain Warehouse acquired the collapsed surfwear retailer earlier this year. However, Mountain Warehouse rescued it from complete demise after it bought out the brand from H Young Holdings, which had owned and operated Animal since 2014.

Is Animal a British company?

Animal is one of the UK’s leading freesport lifestyle brands specialising in the design and marketing of authentic freesports influenced clothing, accessories, watches and luggage.

Who owns Mountain Warehouse?

Mountain Warehouse Holdings Limited
Mountain Warehouse/Parent organizations

Where is the brand animal from?

British
British fashion and lifestyle brand Animal is relaunching for summer 2021 with 400 sustainable products.

Is animal still trading online?

British fashion and lifestyle brand Animal is relaunching for summer 2021 with 400 sustainable products. Poole-based Animal ceased trading a year ago citing an “extremely challenging retail market,” worsened by Covid-19.

Where was animal clothing founded?

Animal, which is owned by H. Young Holdings, is a UK action sports lifestyle brand based in Poole, Dorset. The business was founded in 1987 by two surfers, with a single product, the hook and loop watch strap.