Beatties is a British epartment store group with 8 stores located primarily in the Midlands of England. In 2005 James Beattie was acquired by House of Fraser, then having 12 stores. On 14 January 2006, the Birmingham store closed, due to the uneconomical aspects of having two similar House of Fraser owned stores competing with each other. In August 2007, the Telford store was rebranded, along with the Solihull and Sutton Coldfield stores. The group is gradually rebranding all its stores under the House of Fraser umbrella.