Russell & Bromley is a luxury British footwear and handbag retailer founded in 1873 and owned by Next plc.[1] After operating 43 stores and two concessions in the UK,[2] it currently maintains only three stores in that country.
History
Russell & Bromley began in 1873 when George Bromley, a shoemaker, married his employer Albion Russell's daughter Elizabeth in Lewes, East Sussex, England. Elizabeth's grandfather John Clifford Russell had established a shoemaking business in 1820.[3] The family store in Eastbourne became the first to carry the Russell and Bromley name above the door in 1880.[4][3]