[1] Grattan catalogues was founded in 1912 by John Enrico Fattorini, in Bradford, West Yorkshire after he fell out with his cousin while working at Empire Stores.

[4] The company was purchased by Next plc for 300 million pounds in 1986, a deal which saw Next outbid future Grattan owners Otto Versand.

By the 1990s Grattan was the UK's fourth largest catalogue company with 13% of the mail order market.

[6] Grattan's celebrity campaigns have included the model Penny Lancaster-Stewart and the TV presenter Nicky Hambleton-Jones.

[7] In 2012 Grattan announced plans to open a new head office in Bradford.