In December 2022, Frasers Group acquired Tessuti from JD Sports who had previously owned the company in full since 2016.

[2] As of 2019, Tessuti has thirty-eight stores, including doors in Liverpool,[3][4] Chester, Leeds,[5] Merryhill,[6][7] Meadowhall Sheffield[8] and Ipswich.

JD Sports PLC bought out menswear brand Cecil Gee[14] in 2012, turning all five branches into Tessuti stores.

[17] David Light, the founder of Tessuti, opened his first shop at 53 Watergate Row, Chester in April 1985.

The 2019 winner of the Tessuti Sports & Leisurewear award was Katherine Jayne-Watts for her sustainable sportswear collection.