Robert Scott, an American businessman, moved to the UK in 1963 as national sales manager for the shaver company Remington Products.

He then founded Scotcade, a direct marketing company that sold innovative products through the colour Sunday supplements that were popular in the late seventies and eighties.

The Scotts of Stow Head Office is based in Groundwell, Swindon, Wiltshire near to the Cotswolds.

The Head Office grounds are also home to its UK warehouse and discount outlet store.

On 14 December 2008 Scotts of Stow featured in a BBC News online article titled 'How Christmas works: Presents'[3] and outlined the steps involved in shipping up to three million items ordered by customers in the run up to Christmas from their head office in Swindon.