ATM Retail, the group behind home and garden retailer, Laura James, has acquired outdoor furniture brand Rattan Direct.
ATM Retail founders Thomas Cutler, Adam Gilbourne and Matthew Talbot (the latter, pictured, is the CEO of Laura James) report that ATM Retail has acquired the website and brand name Rattan Direct after the business went into administration in November.
Rattan Direct will begin to operate under the new name The Home of RD, Rattan Direct, with a new look and feel, "elevating an existing brand into a new realm from spring 2026.", says ATM Retail, which intends to rebrand and revitalise The Home of RD, Rattan Direct to be a leading UK garden furniture company, using the existing website name as a springboard.
Over the past 20 years, Rattan Direct grew from a small Manchester start-up into one of the UK’s most recognised outdoor furniture brands.
Matthew Talbot, CEO of Laura James and key stakeholder at ATM Retail, says: “We are extremely excited to bring new life to the name, Rattan Direct, and reinvent the brand with exceptional products and customer service.
"Behind the new Home of RD, Rattan Direct will be an experienced team, who have decades of experience in product design, operations, customer service, finance and marketing. We are excited to begin trading The Home of RD, Rattan Direct from spring 2026."
