Littlewoods
Fate	Merged with Shop Direct
Successor	Littlewoods Shop Direct Group
Founded	1923
Defunct	2004
Location	Liverpool, Merseyside, England
Industry	Mail order, Football pools
Key people	Sir John Moores (Founder) David and Frederick Barclay (Final Owners)
Subsidiary	Littlewoods Index

Littlewoods is the name of a former retail and gambling empire founded in Liverpool, Merseyside, England by Sir John Moores. GUS plc ( was a FTSE 100 retailing group based in the United Kingdom Shop Direct Group (or until May 2008 Littlewoods Shop Direct Group; LSDG; or LWSDG) is a British retail Limited Liverpool ( is a City and Metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary Merseyside is a Metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of 1365900 England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Mail order is a term which describes the Buying of goods or services by Mail delivery Sir John Moores ( 25 January 1896 &ndash 25 September 1993) was a British businessman and philanthropist Sir David Barclay and Sir Frederick Barclay (both born on 27 October, 1934) are British Businessmen. Index was a catalogue retailer in the United Kingdom, purchased by rival Argos in 2005 Liverpool ( is a City and Metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary Merseyside is a Metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of 1365900 England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Sir John Moores ( 25 January 1896 &ndash 25 September 1993) was a British businessman and philanthropist

It was purchased by David and Frederick Barclay, and in 2004 was merged with Shop Direct to create the Littlewoods Shop Direct Group (now Shop Direct Group). Sir David Barclay and Sir Frederick Barclay (both born on 27 October, 1934) are British Businessmen. GUS plc ( was a FTSE 100 retailing group based in the United Kingdom Shop Direct Group (or until May 2008 Littlewoods Shop Direct Group; LSDG; or LWSDG) is a British retail Limited

The Moores family sold the Littlewoods Pools business to Rodime in 2000. Rodime was an Electronics company specialising in Hard disks based in Glenrothes, Scotland.