We are a family owned and operated sock business whose missions is simple - to spread joy with every pair you wear or gift. Our Co-founders Nick & Josie are the socksperts, designers & all round brains behind Socktopus.
The Socktopus journey started back in 2016 and after years of selling socks for other people they decided it was time for their own sockcess, fast forward 5 years and Socktopus was born.
2025 saw Socktopus continue to grow and store numbers 8 and 9 were opened!
Watch this space for the next Socktopus location heading your way!
Meet the team
We sell Socks!
Nick - sock guru
Co-founder and Captain Socktopus personified. Sock obsessed and is trying to convince the team that we need a SOCKTOBUS!
Josie - Design Queen
Co-founder and all round sock queen! With her design credential's we are always in safe hands. Keeps Nick and his dreams of the SOCTOBUS in check.
Cam - Operations Whizz
Co-owner and the son of the Socktopus Family and all round problem solver. Our operations & logistics whizz.
Negar - Our saviour!
Tech and retail queen who makes Socktopus fly - there isn't a problem Negar can't solve. We are pretty sure she has magical powers.
Sarah - Multitasking Wizard
Our multitasking wizard. She loves all the numbers,
e-commerce and also keeping the SOCKTOBUS dream in check.
Fiona - BTB expert
Our Wholesale Queen who's goal is to get our socks into every corner of the UK one shop and garden centre at a time.
Jess - The OG
Our girl in Brighton who heads up our super creative Brighton store. A hub of colour and ideas and a store you must visit.
Dan - chief in Oxford
No nonsense Dan runs things for us in our shop in the covered market. He knows his socks and runs a tight ship.
Wagner - King in the north!
Our Brazilian Jon Snow who is taking over the North for us, one city at a time.
Angela - Design Maestro
Our in house sock designer and all round sockspert! Responsible for turning all the crazy sock requests we get into the socks you all love!
KHADIJA - CAMBRIDGE QUEEN
One of the newest additions to our Socktopus family, manages Cambridge Socktopus and has big plans for the punt!
Isabel - Socials & Marketing Magician
Our very own Speedy Gonzales and Sarah's wing woman for all things marketing! Spreads the Socktopus word far and wide.
SOPHIE - QUEEN BEE IN YORK
The newest addition to our Socktopus family, a York history buff fully prepped to manage glorious York Socktopus and it's ghosts!
DANNY - CHESTER AFICIONADO
Our sustainable, vegan King heading up Chester! Can't sit still and passionate about socks!
JAMIE - NEWCASTLE SCREAM QUEEN
Part of our Northern Socktopus family; cake lover, Halloween Princess and Eurovision lover!
GEMMA - BRISTOL GIRL BOSS
Born and raised in Bristol - the perfect addition to be heading up our newest shop! Lover of punk, art and, of course, SOCKS!
Doing our bit for the planet is important to us and we are constantly striving to make improvements. Check our some of our Eco credentials below and check back to see what other initiatives we implement.
Recycled Cardboard
We use recycled cardboard for our hang cards and paper for our e-com mailbags
BCI Certified
Better Cotton is the world’s leading sustainability initiative for cotton. Their mission is to help cotton communities survive and thrive, while protecting and restoring the environment. All of our Socks are BCI Certified.
No Plastic
Making every aspect of our socks eco-friendly is hugely important to us so we do not use plastic, but thread to secure all our socks
GPSR Complient
GPSR representative - Europe Sales Solutions B.V, De Hofstede 11, 4033, BT Lienden, The Netherlands
EORI: NL865174301
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