Barbour
British waxed cotton jackets. Five generations of family ownership. Wax jackets hand-made at the South Shields factory in England.
Status: Approved
- Founded
- 1894
- HQ
- UK
- Manufacturing
- UK,Various
- Ownership type
- Family-owned
Ownership
Family-owned, five generations. Re-wax and repair roughly 60,000 jackets per year at the South Shields facility.
Reversibility
What would change our verdict
Sale out of family ownership. Closure or relocation of the South Shields factory.