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Great Universal is a well established brand name dating back over a century which became a familiar household name in the 1980s and 1990s through its mail order catalogue. Moving online in the late 1990s, Great Universal managed to successfully transfer their business model into an online venture. Their website offers the same great range of products and special offers that had previously made their catalogue famous.

Great Universal sells a large range of clothing, homewares, furniture and jewellery, as well as children´s toys and many consumer electronics. They frequently have sales where items can be acquired for a much reduced price, and prices greatly benefit from Great Universal being an online business with low overheads.

Great Universal also offers payment options whereby you can purchase items and pay for them in instalments over a specified period. This can be a great way to shop when you do not want to spend large sums of money at once. As well as having an extensive product range including many famous brands, low internet prices and desirable payment options, Great Universal also offer free delivery on all items ordered from their website.

Great Universal is part of the Shop Direct Group, which also includes famous retail brands such as Littlewoods, Kays and Woolworths. Great Universal was founded in 1900 by George, Jack and Abraham Rose. Over the course of the 20th century Great Universal became a very popular retailer, in large part due to its home shopping catalogue. Throughout much of 1980s and 1990s Great Universal´s main competitor in the field of mail order shopping was Littlewoods, although both brands came to be operated by the same company with the merger of Littlewoods and Kays in 2005. Shop Direct is now the largest mail order company and one of the largest e-retailers within the UK.