Frank Wright
A real company with no consumer marketing in the UK.
Verified Owner backed by a register page, filing or official source we opened.
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Ownership
- 1885 Founded
- Now Jacobson Group Limited (Rossendale, Lancashire) Ultimate parent: Marubeni Corporation (Tokyo), via Marubeni Consumer Platform US (MCPU), since January 2026 Operating company
- 2026 Checked
- Kind of name
- Trade brandSells through independents and off-price retailers. Unknown doesn’t mean bad; judge the garment.
- Market tier
- Value
- Seen at off-price
- Often
- Also appears as
- FRANK WRIGHT · Frankwright
Notes
Heritage men's shoe name dating to 1885 (Chelsea, then Kettering), now an owned brand of Jacobson Group, the Rossendale footwear group founded in 1982 by Harvey Jacobson and his brother that also owns Gola, Lotus and Ravel. Marubeni Consumer Platform US announced its acquisition of Jacobson Group on 7 Jan 2026, terms undisclosed, with the existing leadership staying on.
Sources
- jacobsongroup.co.uk /category/corporate
- fashionunited.uk /news/business/marubeni-acquires-the-jacobson-group-owner-of-gola/2026010785574
- prolificnorth.co.uk /news/nw-owner-of-retro-darling-gola-acquired-by-japanese-multinationals-us-arm
- sgieurope.com /corporate/japan-trader-marubeni-acquires-gola-owner/118876.article
- jacobsongroup.co.uk /brands/frank-wright
- shoeintelligence.com /frank-wright-the-mens-footwear-brand-of-jacobson-group-has-/28751.article
- britishfootwearassociation.co.uk /?p=6529