Clothing

City Sports Corporate Office

City Sports was founded in 1983 by two high school friends who were avid Tennis players. After being unable to find sporting equipment for their game anywhere near their hometown of Boston, the pair opened their own store in Boston, Massachusetts, with the main emphasis being on running gear and tennis equipment.

The company grew substantially over the years but declared bankruptcy in 2015 and all stores were closed.

Two brothers, Blake and Brent Sonnek-Schmelz, purchased the name and reopened the eCommerce site, as well as a store in Red Bank, New Jersey. The company plans to open three more locations in 2017, including Boston, New York, and Philadelphia.

City Sports still offers a wide range of clothing and footwear, as well as other sports equipment, including yoga gear and backpacks.

The company maintains a corporate office in Eatontown, New Jersey.

City Sports

History

The company grew substantially over the years but declared bankruptcy in 2015 and all stores were closed.

City Sports still offers a wide range of clothing and footwear, as well as other sports equipment, including yoga gear and backpacks.

The company maintains a corporate office in Eatontown, New Jersey.

ModCloth Corporate Office

ModCloth was founded in 2002 by Susan and Eric Koger in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Working out of their college dorm at first, the company offered pre-owned, vintage (sometimes referred to as Retro) dresses online. By 2009, the company had $15 million in revenue.

Today, the company has headquarters in San Francisco and two locations, in Los Angeles, and San Francisco, as well as their eCommerce site and pop up stores in many malls in large cities. The company offers women’s clothing, including retro clothing, and a few home decor items. The company is well known for using programs such as “Make the Cut” where customer ideas are turned into products, as well as using their own employees to model swimwear.

In 2015, ModCloth removed the words “Plus Size” from their items and rebranded them as “Extended Sizes” and placed items in with the regular sized clothing, since more than two thirds of customers stated that they were embarrassed to have to shop in a separate plus sized section.

ModCloth

History

Torrid Corporate Office

Torrid was founded in 2001 as an off-shoot of the company Hot Topic. The company offers plus sized women’s and girl’s clothing between sizes 10 and 30. Torrid formed its own company, Torrid LLC, in 2015.

As of early 2016, the company had more than 400 locations in 36 states, and recently opened a large store in Toronto, Canada. In addition to clothing, the company also offers accessories, such as handbags, intimate apparel, and beauty items.

Torrid is searching for a new model to represent their stores in 2017. In 2016, more than 14,000 women were interviewed and the company has stated that they expect twice that many applicants in 2017. Torrid prefers using customers as models, rather than professional models or actresses.

In July of 2017, the company went public on the NYSE, under the ticker symbol: CURV.

Torrid

History

In July of 2017, the company went public on the NYSE, under the ticker symbol: CURV.

The Natori Company Corporate Office

The Natori Company was founded in 1977 by current owner and CEO Josie Cruz Natori, in New York, New York. Natori started off as the vice president of an investment banking firm on Wall Street, when she decided that she wanted to run her own company. After altering some blouses from her native Phillipines Islands, she decided to start her own women’s clothing and designer store.

Today, the company has several divisions; men’s wear was introduced in 2005, the Josie line, and Natori Cruz line. The company mainly offers lingerie and other intimate wear. Natori’s products are sold in some of the most expensive department stores worldwide, including Macy’s, Bloomingdale’s, and Sak’s.

The company has expanded it lineup to include lounge wear, and a perfume line, and limited home furnishing products.

The Natori Company

The company has expanded it lineup to include lounge wear, and a perfume line, and limited home furnishing products.

History

Levi Strauss & Company Corporate Office

Levi Strauss & Company, known to almost everyone as simply “Levis”, was founded in 1853 by two businessmen, Jacob Davis and Levi Strauss. Strauss was already selling denim pants, but it was Davis who had the idea of putting copper rivets in pocket corners to keep them from tearing. Davis, however, was unable to afford a patent. He suggested to Strauss that they go into business together, and Levi jeans became very popular.

Today, this privately owned company has more than 2,800 retail locations, and their jeans are sold in almost every country in the world. The company had annual revenue in 2015 of $4.49 billion and more than 15,000 full-time employees. In addition to the coveted jeans, the company also makes skirts, belts, shoes, T-shirts, dresses, overalls, jackets, trousers, shorts, wallets, and sweatshirts.

The company recently ran into controversy in 2016 after posting signs outside company-owned stores which asked that people not bring firearms into their locations, even in states where open carry is legal after a customer accidentally shot himself while trying on clothing.

In March of 2019, the company announced plans to go public on the NYSE under the ticker symbol LEVI.

Company headquarters are still located in San Francisco, California, where it started back in 1853.

Levi Strauss & Company

History

In March of 2019, the company announced plans to go public on the NYSE under the ticker symbol LEVI.

Company headquarters are still located in San Francisco, California, where it started back in 1853.