4 Limited Parkway East Reynoldsburg, Ohio 43068 U.S.A. Abercrombie & Fitch Co. is a retailer of casual clothing marketed toward young people, predominantly college students. The company oversees about 250 stores nationwide, mostly in shopping malls, and also markets its clothing on the Web and in catalogues. The company's style has become identified with the more risqué aspects of upper-middle-c…
6301 Fitch Path New Albany, Ohio 43054 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Abercrombie & Fitch Company is a leading specialty retailer encom passing four concepts: A&F, abercrombie, Hollister Company, and R uehl. The merchandise is sold in retail stores throughout the United States and through catalogs. The company also operates several e-comm erce websites for A&F, Abercrombie, and Hollister. Abercromb…
Pol Ind San Cibrao das Vinas, Ru San Cibrao das Vinas E-32901 Spain Adolfo Dominguez S.A. is one of Spain's leading and most well-known fashion groups. The Oreste-region company designs and produces a full range of clothing for men's, women's, and youth segments. The company markets its clothing under the AD and Linea U brands, among others. In addition to producing clothing, Adolfo Dominguez als…
Colegrave House 70 Berners Street London W1P 3AE United Kingdom Arcadia Group plc, previously known as Burton Group plc, is the second largest clothing retailer in the United Kingdom, with more than 2,000 outlets in downtowns and shopping centers throughout the country. With two exceptions, the group's store formats primarily sell private-label apparel. These formats are Evans, Principles for Wom…
1 Harrison Street San Francisco, California 94105-1602 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Banana Republic reflects an American sensibility with a positive and optimistic viewpoint. The timeless style captures a modern interpretation of classic fashion and its relaxed attitude expresses a comfortable and confident quality. The adventurous spirit of the line is built from its heritage in travel and livin…
2901 3rd Avenue, Suite 200 Seattle, Washington 98121 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: At Ben Bridge, we're proud of our 90 years of serving our communities with the very best in jewelry values with special attention to personal, caring service. Our commitment to professionalism means that we have more Registered Jewelers and Certified Gemologists of the American Gem Society than any other jeweler in …
754 5th Avenue New York, New York 10019 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: As the leading fashion specialty store, Bergdorf Goodman is known throughout the world for its elegance, quality and superior service. Owned by Dallas-based Neiman Marcus Group, Bergdorf Goodman Inc. is the only premier luxury store situated solely in New York. The legendary establishment is actually two Manhattan stores situate…
121 Gray Avenue Santa Barbara, California 93101 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Big Dog's product philosophy is basic: Make a high-quality product, sell it at a reasonable price, and design it to be fun and functional. From stronger seams and softer fabrics, to superior embellishments and exceptional craftsmanship, Big Dog's line of men's, women's, and children's activewear and accessories is create…
1, Piazza Duomo 65017 Penne, Abruzzo Italy Company Perspectives: Facciamo un abito con l'anima. ("We make a suit with a soul.") Brioni Roman Style S.p.A. is an apparel maker of the highest order, selling the most expensive off-the-rack suits in the world. Brioni's garments are stitched by hand, retailing for as much $5,500. The company's custom-made suits sell for $15,000. Brioni makes roughly 80…
1830 Route 130 North Burlington, New Jersey 08016 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Our goal is to provide exceptional value for our customers, our stockholders, our associates, and our communities. We remain focused on ensuring that Burlington Coat Factory is the place to find the right combination of style, selection, and value. Burlington Coat Factory Warehouse Corporation operates as a leading nat…
40 High Street Street, Somerset BA16 0YA United Kingdom Company Perspectives: The Clarks business has come a long way in the past 176 years. From humble beginnings in 1825 as a small Somerset sheepskin business it has entered the 21st century as one of the world's leading shoe brands and the UK's number 1 shoe retailer. This success has come from a commitment to individual design, exceptional com…
1460 Broadway New York, New York 10036 U.S.A. Cache Incorporated is a publicly traded company that owns and operates a highly successful national chain of upscale women's apparel and accessories stores. Focusing primarily on formal dresses and fashionable evening wear, Cache's stores compete directly with both small, exclusive boutiques and huge, national department stores, with its prices rangin…
100 Phoenix Avenue Enfield, Connecticut 06083-1700 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Simply put, our customer comes first. At Casual Corner Group, we pride ourselves on understanding her changing needs, and we make it our number one priority to ensure her shopping experience is enjoyable and rewarding. When a customer visits our store, we do everything possible to treat her with respect, consideration…
555 Turnpike Street Canton, Massachusetts 02021 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: With our expertise and thorough understanding of the apparel needs of large men, Casual Male Big & Tall develops its line of quality clothing that combines contemporary style with guaranteed comfort. Casual Male Retail Group, Inc. is the name assumed by Massachusetts-based apparel retailer Designs, Inc. in 2002. For many…
P.O. Box 34216 Charlotte, North Carolina 28234 U.S.A. The Cato Corporation owns a chain of approximately 678 women's apparel stores in 22 U.S. states, primarily in the South and Southeast. The company operates through two principal divisions: the Cato division, which oversees 553 Cato and Cato Plus women's fashion stores, and the It's Fashion! division comprising a chain of 125 off-price stores o…
4645 Morena Boulevard San Diego, California 92117 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Through our fashion content, merchandise mix, exciting store layout and design, and striking merchandise presentation, we project fashion attitudes that appeal to customers from a broad range of socioeconomic, demographic and cultural profiles. In addition, our breadth of merchandise enables our customers to assemble c…
1372 Broadway New York, New York 10018 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: As we enter the challenges of the 21st century, we at Chic by H.I.S recognize our responsibilities to our customers, our employees, our communities, and our stockholders. In an effort to fulfill these responsibilities we commit ourselves to: Creatively maintaining our goal of being a leading domestic and international supplier of…
11215 Metro Parkway Fort Myers, Florida 33912 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Established in 1983, Chico's began in a small store on Sanibel Island, Florida, with Marvin and Helene Gralnick selling Mexican folk art and cotton sweaters. Now, 18 years later, we have grown to over 280 stores in 40 states. From our exclusive, private-label designs to our most amazing personal service, Chico's is truly a…
2400 Xenium Lane North Plymouth, Minnesota 55441 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Christopher & Banks serves the clothing needs of today's busy, fashion conscious woman offering quality, everyday fashion options suitable for your work and leisure activities. Christopher & Banks Corporation operates through its wholly owned subsidiary Christopher & Banks, Inc., which is a publicly owned specialty reta…
3 S. W. 129th Avenue Pembroke Pines, Florida 33027 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Our customers know it's hot ... when they see it at Claire's! Because young fashion trends can change so quickly, Claire's merchandising team continually monitors the television shows, movies and magazines that influence our customers' taste in fashion. Claire's size and international buying presence gives the company…
17950 Preston Road Suite 1000 Dallas, Texas 75252-5638 U.S.A. County Seat is one of the nation's largest mall-based specialty retailers of casualwear for teens and young adults. With more than 630 jean stores in 46 states, it is the seventh largest "single concept" retailer. Jeans and jean jackets account for more than 50 percent of the company's sales in 1993, with shirts, shorts, t-shirts, sock…
Post Office Box 97000 Redmond, Washington 98073-9700 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Our Creed: To give you such outstanding quality, value, service and guarantee that we may be worthy of your high esteem. --Eddie Bauer, 1920 Eddie Bauer, Inc. is a catalog, storefront, and e-commerce retailer through two concepts: Eddie Bauer Sportswear, which offers outdoor apparel, sportswear, and accessories; and…
529 Fifth Avenue New York, New York 10017 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: We attribute our continued growth and success to a strong marketing s trategy led by a talented team of merchants; customer service achieve d through enhanced product knowledge and selling standards; state of the art technology; a strong back of the house support team; and the efforts of dedicated associates throughout the org…
112 West 34th Street New York, New York 10120 U.S.A. Top athletic shoe retailer Foot Locker, Inc., was known until 1998 as the Woolworth Corporation and until 2001 as Venator Group Inc. Foot Locker is a multinational retailer of athletic shoes with stores and support operations in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The company's holdings include the chains Foot Locker (and its Kids and L…
18305 East San Jose Avenue City of Industry, California 91748 U.S.A. Hot Topic, Inc., a retail chain operating almost 200 stores in malls nationwide, occupies a unique space within the apparel industry: it is the only large national chain that caters exclusively to the 'alternative' lifestyle trends of teenagers and young adults. Specializing in such merchandise as body jewelry, artificial tattoo…
3 Limited Parkway Columbus, Ohio 43230 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Honesty, integrity and fair treatment are the basic tenets of our culture and they have been since day one. This company has, in fact, become an extension of our long-standing commitment to the idea that success requires every person associated with us to be treated fairly and that every product we offer the public be of the high…
1530 Fifth Avenue Seattle, Washington 98101 U.S.A. Jay Jacobs, Inc. operates a chain of fashion stores that sell contemporary men's and women's sportswear and outerwear, including fashion denim, dress and casual pants and tops, dresses, coats and jackets, and related accessories. In 1995, when the company emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, there were 145 Jay Jacobs stores spread acros…
3650 131st Ave. S.E. Bellevue, Washington 98006 U.S.A. Lamonts Apparel, Inc. retails brand-name family apparel and accessories through a chain of about 40 stores in the northwestern United States and Alaska. The company attracts middle-income, suburban consumers with its brand-name apparel and value pricing, filling the gap between discount merchandisers and traditional department stores. After e…
50 de Lauzon Street Boucherville, Quebec J4B 1E6 Canada Company Perspectives: Our company's mission is to create a passionate environment where each business unit, partner, supplier, and employee contributes in his or her own way to reinventing the retail concept to better meet our customer's individual needs. This approach has helped us build relationships of trust and mutual understanding with …
2500 Halsey Street Bronx, New York 10461 U.S.A. Loehmann's Inc. is a retailer of women's clothing, shoes, and accessories, and menswear, and is best known for designer and brand name women's fashion apparel sold at discount prices. In early 1998 the company was operating 86 stores, all of them in the United States. Family-Run Discounter: 1921-64 The Loehmann's retail chain was founded in 1930 by …
259 W. Santa Clara Street Ventura, California 93001-2545 U.S.A. Lost Arrow Inc. is the holding company for the highly successful Patagonia brand of outdoor equipment and clothing. The company's founder, Yvon Chouinard, is a legendary rock climber and mountaineer. Chouinard designed or redesigned most of the standard equipment used by climbers today, including the ice axe, carabiners, and pitons. …
155 North Wacker Drive Chicago, Illinois 60606 U.S.A. Marks Brothers Jewelers, Inc. is a leading American specialty retailer of fine jewelry, primarily gold and diamonds, which owns and operates 188 stores in 24 states across the country. Under the names of Whitehall Company Jewellers, Lundstrom Jewelers, and Marks Brothers Jewelers, the company runs stores in upscale city and suburban shopping m…
P.O. Box 9030 Andover, Massachusetts 01810 U.S.A. Marshall's Incorporated is one of the nation's leading off-price family retailers. Marshall's stores offer a wide range of apparel for men, women, and children, as well as furnishings for the home. Experiencing steady growth since its inception in the 1950s, the company faced intense competition in the 1990s, the effects of which it sought to offs…
Gillibrands Road Skelmersdale, Lancashire WN8 9TB United Kingdom Company Perspectives: Matalan is a totally unique out of town retailer, committed to providing outstanding value for money. We offer up to the minute fashion and home wares at prices up to 50 percent below the equivalent High Street price. More value: By buying direct from the manufacturer, by being situated at low cost, convenient …
87 Lancaster Road London W11 1QQ United Kingdom Company Perspectives: The Future: Monsoon's dedicated team are committed to the continuing development of the Monsoon product ranges. They plan to grow the company further through continuing expansion in the UK and Ireland, combined with careful expansion overseas, involving joint ventures and co-owned outlets. A key factor in Monsoon's success to d…
555 Turnpike Street Canton, Massachusetts 02021 U.S.A. Morse Shoe Inc. is a leading seller of low-priced shoes, which it sells through its Fayva chain of shoe stores and through leased shoe sales operations that it runs in department stores. The company, which was founded by the Morse family in the 1920s, has enjoyed steady growth in the ensuing decades. It first sold stock to the public in the 1…
8 Saint Johns Hill, Clapham Junction London SW11 1SA United Kingdom Company Perspectives: The company's mission it to be Britain's No. 1 authority in menswear. After more than 120 years in business, Moss Bros Group plc remains one of the preeminent names in the United Kingdom's men's fashions retail sector. The company owns and operates a retail network of more than 165 stores across the United K…
1309 Noble Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19123 U.S.A. Mothers Work, Inc. is the largest specialty retailer of career-oriented and high-end maternity clothing in the United States. After cornering and developing the market for career apparel targeted at moms-to-be, Mothers Work has expanded to include casual and special-occasion maternity wear as well. Mothers Work operates over 450 stores thr…
New Look House Mercey Road Weymouth Dorset DT3 5HJ United Kingdom Company Perspectives: We produce excellent results in straightforward ways. We encourage teamwork, develop our people, invest in our processes, and constantly challenge what we do. The result is that we understand our customers, exceed their expectations and achieve a success that we can share with our employees and investors. The …
Desford Road Enderby Leicester LE9 5AT United Kingdom Company Perspectives: Next's mission is to be the natural choice retailer in the UK for fashion aware men & women who expect style, distinction & quality from their clothing. Next plc designs, manufactures, and distributes clothing and home furnishing and accessory items to nearly 330 Next retail stores and through the company's Next Directory…
5200 East La Palma Avenue Anaheim, California 92807 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Of course we started as a surf shop. Now we're surf, skate, snow and street. We're summer and winter. Guys and girls. We're beach and mountains, country and city. We're water, sand, dirt and concrete. We're clothes, shoes and all the rest. We're Pacific Sunwear. A fast-growing specialty retailer, Pacific Sunwear of C…
6003 Guion Rd. Indianapolis, Indiana 46254 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Paul Harris is a unique specialty retailer of women's clothing, selling the Paul Harris Design private label brand. We offer a distinctive color-coordinated selection of casual clothing and accent pieces, such as embroidered vests, and accessories to women whose wardrobe is an important part of her life. Our target customer i…
Berliner Allee 2 D-40212 Düsseldorf Germany Company Perspectives: Social Awareness: It is of utmost importance to P&C to offer our customers goods produced under human conditions with concern for environmental protection while respecting the industrial safety regulations of the respective country. We therefore only work with companies who practice fair remuneration, social security, and protecti…
1162 Caledonia Road Toronto, Ontario M6A 2W5 Canada Company Perspectives: Co-Founders Michael Budman and Don Green have led the extraordinary growth of Roots. Inspired by their families, the natural beauty of Canada, their passion for great style and their love of sports, Don and Michael have created a company that reflects their lifestyle and values. Clothing retailer Roots Canada Ltd.—known u…
P.O. Drawer 947 Henderson, North Carolina 27536 U.S.A. Rose's Stores, Inc., operates a chain of more than a hundred discount stores in a region extending from Delaware to Georgia and westward to the Mississippi Valley. The 24,000- to 76,000-square-foot stores, which primarily serve populations of less than 50,000 people, carry a wide variety of general merchandise items, including clothing, shoes…
8333 Central Avenue Newark, California 94560-3433 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: The Ross formula for growth? Great brands ... great prices ... Everyday! Over the next several years, we will continue to focus on and implement that basic strategy. We believe that our strict adherence to this fundamental tenet of the off-price business will be the key factor in our ability to successfully enter new m…
525 7th Avenue, Suite 1009 New York, New York 10018 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: We would ultimately like to have Sean John viewed as the Future of Fashion. Owned by Sean "P. Diddy" Combs's Bad Boy Entertainment Group, Sean John Clothing, Inc. is a designer and marketer of men's, boy's, and women's apparel. Sean Jean Clothing caters to customers aged between 12 and 45, selling its apparel through…
8233 Baumgart Road Evansville, Indiana 47725 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: It is our mission to create a shopping experience like no other by offering you a huge selection of quality name brand shoes, the best values, and a fun, entertaining store environment. We want Shoe Carnival to be your number one choice for family footwear. Shoe Carnival Inc. is one of the leading retailers of family footwe…
10201 Main Street Houston Texas 77025 U.S.A. Company Perspectives Our corporate mission is simple--to provide our customers with the best selection of brands and styles in basic and updated merchandise, to offer consistent, exceptional, personalized service, as well as outstanding value in convenient, easy-to-shop locations. Houston-based Stage Stores, Inc., was founded in 1988 as a private compa…
1200 Riverplace Boulevard Jacksonville, Florida 32207 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Founded by the current chairman's grandfather just after the turn of the century, the Stein Mart concept has evolved over time to feature moderate-to-designer brand-name apparel for women, men and young children, as well as accessories, gifts, linens and shoes in a depth and assortment that hold appeal for the upsc…
4 Batterymarch Park Quincy, Massachusetts 02169 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: J. Jill's mission is to provide you with the simplicity, comfort and satisfaction that comes with clothes you can live in and service you can trust. The J. Jill Group, Inc. is an upscale specialty marketer of women's apparel, accessories, and gifts under the J. Jill brand, using multiple distribution channels to market i…
26972 Burbank Foothill Ranch, California 92610 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: In the business of fashion, as with fashion itself, putting the right combination together is essential. Wet Seal and Contempo Casuals have done just that, and the result is definitely ... us. We're more than just an outfit, we're an inspiration. A nationwide specialty retailer of moderately priced apparel for women, The …
6711 Baymeadow Drive Glen Burnie, Maryland 21060 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: The Company is much more than just about color! We are known for our legendary service and unyielding commitment to satisfy our valued customers. We invite you to come shopping with us and experience the service, ambiance, style, and clothing in only shades of classic white and black of course! When you walk into a stor…
365 West Passaic Street Rochelle Park, New Jersey 07662 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: We strive to lead in 1) building world class brands of fashion and related products; 2) producing worldwide quality products designed in-house; 3) selling directly to consumers in multiple channels of distribution. With locations in 36 states, United Retail Group Inc. owns a growing national chain of apparel stor…
3241 Westerville Road Columbus, Ohio 43224 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Value City is striving at all levels to become the industry leader in all measures of performance. Management recognizes that achieving these goals requires a commitment to customers and to all associates. Success depends on attracting and retaining quality people. Training, development and recruiting are the highest prioriti…
155 North Wacker Drive Chicago Illinois 60606 U.S.A. Company Perspectives Whitehall Jewellers combines a unique formula of upscale quality merchandise at a wonderful price with superior customer service to create the ultimate jewelry shopping experience. Whitehall Jewellers, Inc., is a leading American specialty retailer of fine jewelry, primarily gold and diamonds, which owns and operates 386 st…