Wilsons Leather
Wilsons Leather is a major U.S. leather retailer, selling products such as jackets, belts, shoes, handbags, and gloves. At its peak in 2002, the retailer had 763 stores in 46 states and Canada.
The company began as two separate leather apparel manufacturer-retailers: Bermans Leather, founded in 1899 and known for its fringed buckskin shirts and jackets, and Wilsons House of Suede, founded in the late 1940s and known for its affordable suede and leather apparel.
Wilsons House of Suede and Leather was acquired by Melville Corporation in 1982. After Melville purchased Bermans from W. R. Grace and Company, it merged the two retailers under the Wilsons Leather name in 1988. Melville added new acquisition Georgetown Leather Design to the division in 1993 and operated Wilsons Leather until 1996, when it sold Wilsons to a management-led investor group.
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