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- An industry leader since 1925 and one of nation’s largest manufacturers and distributors of architectural, industrial and high performance paints and paint supplies.
Dunn & Co. was founded in 1887 by George Arthur Dunn, a Quaker, who started by selling hats on the streets of Birmingham. Forty years later he had two hundred hat shops and as many franchises in other stores.
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Oct 3, 2017 · Dunn’s performed reasonably through the middle of the 20 th century, though the number of shops had dropped to 180 by 1962. By the early 1990s, Dunn’s was facing serious difficulties. Forty shops were sold in 1991 to Hodges, who kept the Dunn & Co name.
Oct 3, 2017 · Dunn & Co. was the most recognisable chain of men’s hatters throughout the first three-quarters of the 20 th century. By the late 1920s it was also a men’s outfitters. A failure to keep up with changing fashions – which no longer involved hats – led to the company’s demise in the 1990s.
Did you know Dunn & Co was founded in 1887 by George Arthur Dunn who started selling hats on the street of Birmingham. Dunn & Co are popular for their tweed jackets and overcoats which are made to last with superb craftmanship, and high-quality wool often known as Crofters.
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The hatmaker, George Arthur Dunn, began selling Top Hats and Bowlers on the streets of Birmingham (UK) in 1887. Forty years later, his company had grown to 200 hat shops, specialising in Top Hats, Homburgs, Trilbys, ultra-lightweight, ventilated Bowlers and straw Boaters.