Wickes Companies

Wickes Companies, Inc.
Company typePrivate
Industry
  • Lumber and building materials retail stores
  • Apparel and hosiery manufacturing
  • Automotive and electronics parts manufacturing
Founded1854 (1854)
FounderHenry Dunn Wickes
Edward Noyes Wickes
DefunctOctober 12, 2007 (2007-10-12)
FateCeased Operations
SuccessorCollins & Aikman
HeadquartersSanta Monica, California, United States
Number of employees
28,000 (1984)

Wickes Companies was a diversified manufacturing and retail conglomerate. It renamed itself after its subsidiary Collins & Aikman in 1992. The company ceased operations in 2007.

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