Anniversary Report
decade. ØRN also started out with only two pairs of trousers and this has now expanded to eight.
2015 saw ØRN Clothing move into the healthcare and security markets when it purchased stock from Ensemble Clothing, which entered into administration at the beginning of that year. This was a significant milestone for the company, as it expanded the company into other market sectors. Most recently, ØRN has taken the move to launch more fashion-friendly styles to cater for the current trend of tradesmen in customer-facing roles wanting to appear more
fashionable. These products include the Fulmar Bomber Jacket and the Grouse 1/4 Zip Sweatshirt.
Ivor says: “When you launch a new product into the market, you do your market research, but you never really know how it will be received.”
In addition to a varied stock range, ØRN also has a well- established bespoke side to the business. ØRN works closely with its factories and customers to take any customer concept through from design, right through from the cotton field to the finished garment.
Seat of our pants
During the testing early days it was just Ivor and Cameron at the helm, spending most of the time travelling the country attending
appointments with potential clients. Their first warehouse in Banbury was a mere 3,000sq ft, with space for 50
pallets. “We really were living by the seat of our pants at the time,” says Ivor. In 2009, Ivor and Cameron took on their first employee, Steve Wood, as a warehouse operative. Steve is still with the company today and now makes up part of the senior management team. The companyʼs
workforce now totals 65, including the offshore offices.
The following year ØRN Clothing moved out of its first warehouse and into a second warehouse, which measured 12,000sq ft in size. The company still operates out of this warehouse today. And then in 2017, ØRN Clothing opened another warehouse in Buckingham to service the growing UK market. The move into this warehouse was long- awaited. This warehouse totals 55,000sq ft and now provides ØRN with space for
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5,000 pallets, and headroom to grow for the exciting future. As well as this very successful UK workwear business, ØRN is also doing very well overseas. In 2016, ØRN opened an office in Lucknow, India and a second office in Dhaka, Bangladesh, to help bring stability to the whole supply chain. The staff who work in these offices communicate directly with the factories that ØRN works with. And expansion plans continue as ØRN is currently looking to
open a third overseas office in Pakistan.
Needless to say, the future looks strong for ØRN Clothing as the company has plans to hit £20m next year and launch more exciting products into the UK workwear market. “The last 10 years has been a complete rollercoaster and not a smooth ride in any sense of the word. You honestly forget how far youʼve come until you start looking back. We are very much looking forward to what the future holds,” says Ivor.
rollercoaster and not a smooth ride in any sense of the word. You honestly forget how far you’ve come until you start looking back. We are very much looking forward to what the future holds.
– Ivor T unley, founder , ØRN Clothing November 2018 | 31 | The last 10 years has been a complete
2013
Five years in and ØRN’s turnover reaches the £4m mark.
2014
ØRN Clothing’s design agency films the company’s first corporate video.
2015
ØRN Clothing expands its ranges with the purchase of the Ensemble collection of healthcare and security uniforms.
2016
ØRN opens its first overseas office in Lucknow, India.
2017
ØRN moves into a 55,000sq ft warehouse in Buckingham as UK operations grow.
2018 This year saw ØRN open
offices in Bangladesh and elsewhere in Europe.
Turnover is projected to climb above £18m.
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