The story
JoJo Maman Bébé was launched in 1993 by Laura Tenison as a mail-order catalogue specialising in maternity wear and children's clothes, after she spent time in hospital following a car accident, where a young mother on her ward expressed frustration at the lack of variety in children's clothes available via mail order. As founder and managing director, Tenison was awarded an MBE for services to business in South Wales in 2004.
In addition to mail-order and online sales, the company later opened 45 brick-and-mortar stores by March 2012 and 87 by April 2022. JoJo Maman Bébé's head office is registered in Battersea, London.
The company was acquired in April 2022 by Next plc and an investment group led by the hedge fund Davidson Kempner, with Tenison stepping down as CEO and commercial director Gwynn Milligan succeeding her. In 2025, Mark Wright succeeded Milligan as CEO.
From Wikipedia’s article on JoJo Maman Bébé, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5