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Coes acquires Trotter & Deane as founders retire from menswear business

The independent department store chain has taken full ownership of tailoring specialist Trotter & Deane, with stores in Bury St Edmunds and Cambridge. The move follows the retirement of founders John and Jane Deane-Bowers after more than 30 years.

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