[1] After World War II, Montague Burton was one of the suppliers of demob suits to the British government for demobilising servicemen, comprising jacket, trousers, waistcoat, shirt and underwear.

[citation needed] The company expanded by purchasing various other brands, including competitors until it was split from Debenhams in 1998.

[6] In July 2020, Arcadia Group, which comprised several brands including Burton, had been hit hard by the COVID-19 lockdown and planned hundreds of job cuts to minimise costs.

[10] Beginning in 1923, Burton began to acquire freehold sites in order to build its own custom designed stores.

Leeds-based architect Harry Wilson was hired at this time and developed the Burton "house style" building design.

However, there are also many standard elements such as a wide polished black granite band above the shop windows for signage, metal vent grates bearing the company logo, billiard halls on the upper levels, window lights showing the locations of other Burton stores, and mosaic titles – sometimes including the company logo – in the doorways.

At ground level, foundation stones were often placed by Montague Burton's four children, Barbara, Stanley, Arnold and Raymond.

[14] Whilst some of these Burton buildings have been destroyed over the years, many are still standing and some of them still have active snooker clubs upstairs.

McDonald's first three restaurants in the UK were opened in former Burton stores in 1974 and 1975 as the company was selling property at that time.

[25] England's World-Cup-winning football team captain Bobby Moore died of bowel cancer in 1993.