Burton is a British online clothing retailer, former high street retailer and clothing manufacturer, specialising in men's clothing and footwear. The company was a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index, but became a trading name of Arcadia Group Brands Ltd, part of the Arcadia Group. Sir Philip Green acquired the Arcadia Group in 2002, and it became the sole owner of Burton. In 2021, Boohoo.com acquired the brand after Arcadia went into administration.
The Burtons factory in Burmantofts, Leeds, is now used only as a warehouse
Art Deco Burton store in Abergavenny
The Montague Burton Building in Dublin is on the city's list of protected structures.
The purpose-built Burton store in East Ham, east London
The Financial Times Stock Exchange 100 Index, also called the FTSE 100 Index, FTSE 100, FTSE, or, informally, the "Footsie", is the United Kingdom's best-known stock market index of the 100 most highly capitalised blue chip companies listed on the London Stock Exchange. Founded in 1984 by the Stock Exchange to better reflect activity on the market, it replaced the Financial Times own FT 30.
Performance of the FTSE 100 index between January 1984 and April 2024