The jewellery beginning
A historical Ackerman Group PLC trade profile, published during its centenary period, described the business as having grown from a small costume-jewellery company founded in 1910.
Ackerman.ca · Heritage · Lifestyle · DecadenceA house of remarkable things.
A house of remarkable things.
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Fashion, jewellery, technology, home and lifestyle — selected for design, usefulness and character.
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Ackerman.ca is a curated lifestyle destination. Our principal departments lead with the Ackerman identity; selected specialist brands appear separately in Ackerman Selects.
01 · ACKERMAN
Fashion
Apparel and accessories chosen for enduring style.
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02 · ACKERMAN DECADENCE
Jewellery & Decadence
Your Gem Experts Since 1910. Fine jewellery and exceptional objects are being assembled for the Decadence collection.
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03 · ACKERMAN
Technology
Useful, beautifully considered technology for work and life.
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04 · ACKERMAN DIGITAL
Games
Original interactive editions for home and licensed websites.
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05 · ACKERMAN DIGITAL
Software, Books & Learning
ARQS software, language tools, books, education and digital learning products.
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05 · ACKERMAN
Home
Objects, furnishings and details that make a space personal.
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06 · ACKERMAN
Lifestyle & Gifts
Distinctive finds for giving, travelling and everyday rituals.
Explore Lifestyle →OUR HISTORY · ARCHIVE & RELAUNCH1910 1934 1992 2013–2015
More than a century behind the name.
The documented commercial history associated with Ackerman Group reaches back to 1910. A historical trade profile of Ackerman Group PLC described its origins as a small costume-jewellery company and, a century later, a substantial importer of home, gift, toy, stationery and garden products. The formal UK corporate record begins in 1934. Ackerman.ca carries that heritage story forward today as a North American lifestyle and department-store relaunch.
The corporate record
UK Companies House records company no. 00290335 as incorporated on 19 July 1934. Its later registered activity included acting as an agent in the sale of a variety of goods.
Public company era
Companies House filing history records re-registration from a private company to a public limited company in July 1992. Subsequent filings document decades of corporate activity and group accounts.
Close of the UK chapter
The archival company entered a members’ voluntary winding-up in 2013 and Companies House records its dissolution on 23 January 2015.
The Ackerman.ca chapter. The present Ackerman.ca is a North American relaunch built around the Ackerman name and the house values of Heritage · Lifestyle · Decadence. The historical references above describe the archived UK Ackerman Group PLC record; they are presented transparently as heritage context rather than as a claim that the former UK legal entity continues to trade.
ACKERMAN SELECTS
From the wider ARQS family.
Selected books, children's experiences, learning and specialist products remain available without defining the Ackerman department-store identity.