KAREN MILLEN – Karen Millen Holdings
After a City & Guilds course in fashion at Medway College, Karen Millen set up a sewing machine at her parents’ house and started selling clothes at the fashion equivalent of the Tupperware party. That was in 1981. After a difficult start, where she learnt the pitfalls of manufacturing, she opened a first store in Maidstone. She has never looked back since, and today there are more than 50 stores in Britain. In 2001, she sold a 49% stake in the business to Icelandic investors, but retains a 50% stake through trusts. In 2002, Karen Millen Holdings made a £6.5 million profit on & 163;67.5 million sales.

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