W. C. Bradley Co.

W. C. Bradley Co.
Private
Industry Leisure, Real estate
Founded 1885 (1885) in Columbus, Georgia, USA
Headquarters Columbus, Georgia, USA
Key people
  • Stephen T. Butler, Chairman
  • Marc Olivié, President & CEO
Subsidiaries
Website www.wcbradley.com
Footnotes / references
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The W.C. Bradley Co. is a company that manufactures home and leisure lifestyle consumer goods, and is headquartered in Columbus, Georgia. Founded in Georgia in 1885 as a "cotton factoring" business, it now manufactures consumer goods, with locations in the United States, Canada, Europe, and China. Its list of subsidiaries includes Char-Broil, LLC, Zebco Brands,[1] Lamplight Farms Incorporated,[2] and W.C. Bradley Co. Real Estate, LLC.

History

In 1885, W.C. Bradley began working as a clerk for Bussey-Goldsmith, a cotton factoring firm. Within a few years, he and his brother-in-law Samuel A. Carter purchased the cotton factoring business, changing the name to Carter and Bradley. The company soon expanded by adding a wholesale grocery department and began to manufacture a high-grade fertilizer for the farmers who grew cotton.

In 1895, Bradley bought his brother-in-law's share of the business, and changed the name of the company to the W.C. Bradley Co. Over the next five years Bradley bought Eagle & Phenix Mills and founded the Columbus Manufacturing Company, two of the largest textile mills in the South. He also built a large cotton warehouse which is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places and that today houses the W.C. Bradley Co. global headquarters, the W.C. Bradley Co. Museum, and the D.A. Turner Memorial Chapel.

References

  1. 1 2 "An Overview On Our Companies". W.C. Bradley Co. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
  2. 1 2 "About TIKI". TIKI Brand. Lamplight Farms Incorporated. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
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