A year later, Christy towels were displayed at The Great Exhibition at Crystal Palace, Queen Victoria became an early client.

[6] Christy became a subsidiary of Welspun India Ltd in 2006, shifting towel manufacturing from its base in Hyde, Greater Manchester to Gujarat in 2010.

[4][7][8] In addition to retailing towels, bathrobes and bedlinen in stores throughout the UK, the company sells online and in Europe, the U.S. and Australia.

[citation needed] The company has a long-term relationship with tennis, producing the towels used by players at Wimbledon since 1987.

[4] The Times reported in 2013 that only a third of the towels Christy supplies to the Championship are returned, due to the players keeping them or throwing them into the crowd as mementos.