Next plc

Next plc is a trading company, listed on the London Stock Exchange in the FTSE 100, ISIN GB0032089863, with its headquarters in Enderby, Leicestershire.

The company is one of the UK's largest retail companies in the clothing sector and in this industry sector, the number three according to the company Marks & Spencer and conducted by Philip Green Group Bhs and Arcadia Group. Next currently has over 400 shops in the UK and Ireland. Around 57 450 people are employed at Next.

Next was founded in 1982 when J Hepworth & Son in Leeds opened a fashion store for women named Next. Two years later, the first fashion shop for men was opened by Next. In the following years many new stores were opened for women 's, men's and children's fashion. 1986 acquired Next, the fashion catalog company Grattan, which was sold to Otto Versand 1991. In the early 1990s suffered Next recession, so some stores were sold as Grattan.