Clothing

Gordmans Corporate Office

Gordmans was founded when Dan Gordman married into the Richman family, who operated a small clothing store in Omaha, Nebraska. Gordman became a full partner in the company when he married Esther Richman. The company expanded and in 1948, was renamed Richman Gordman.

In 1975, the company opened a small store named the 1/2 Price Store, which offered merchandise from the Richman Gordman locations at 50 to 75 percent off. In 1990, the 1/2 Price Store had more than 16 locations, as well as 16 Richman Gordman stores.

In 1992, the company filed for bankruptcy and reorganized so that all 1/2 Price Stores were renamed to Gordmans. Sun Capital Partners purchased the company in 2008 and took it public in 2010. Gordmans is publicly traded on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol: GMAN.

Gordmans has 99 locations in 22 states, mostly in the Mid West.

In 2019, Stage Stores began converting other retail chains it owned into Gordmans stores, with the goal of having 700 Gordmans stores in 42 states by the end of 2020.

In May 2020, Stage Stores filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and began liquidating its stores. Although a buyer for Stage could have prevented liquidation, Stage later announced that they would proceed with going out of business sales at all locations.

All Gordman’s were officially closed August 29, 2020.

Gordmans

History

Gordmans has 99 locations in 22 states, mostly in the Mid West.

In 2019, Stage Stores began converting other retail chains it owned into Gordmans stores, with the goal of having 700 Gordmans stores in 42 states by the end of 2020.

All Gordman’s were officially closed August 29, 2020.

Eastbay.Com Corporate Office

Eastbay.Com was founded by Richard Gering and Art Juedes in 1980. The pair sold discount shoes, but found that they mostly sold athletic shoes. In 1983, they set up a catalog that was strictly athletic shoes, running shoes, and other sports shoes. Within 3 years, they had so many orders, they had to hire phone operators and by 1990, the warehouse, call center, and shipping deparment took up an entire city block.

Today, Eastbay.Com is operated by Foot Locker, Inc., who purchased the company in 2001.

Eastbay.Com also sells their own brand of athletic clothing, including jackets, hats, underwear, pants, shorts, socks, and tops. The company has 3,000 full time employees. The company also sells athletic equipment, such as balls, bats, gloves, braces, goggles, and, headbands and helmets.

The company maintains a corporate office in Wausau, Wisconsin.

Eastbay.Com

History

Today, Eastbay.Com is operated by Foot Locker, Inc., who purchased the company in 2001.

The company maintains a corporate office in Wausau, Wisconsin.

Magic Mart Corporate Office

Magic Mart was founded by the Ammar family in West Virginia in 1920. Originally named Ammar Brother’s Department Stores, the company opened its first Magic Mart location in 1967. Ammar’s Inc. owns several department stores in Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, and North Carolina.

The company has 1,000 full time employees and had annual revenue in 2015 of $72 million. Magic Mart sells a wide variety of items from clothing to carpentry items, tuxedo rentals to paint, automotive products to sporting goods. As Magic Mart became more successful, the Ammar Brother’s stores either closed or were converted into Magic Marts.

Magic Mart currently has 22 locations in 4 states and is headquartered in Bluefield, Virginia.

Magic Mart

Magic Mart currently has 22 locations in 4 states and is headquartered in Bluefield, Virginia.

History

BackCountry.Com Corporate Office

Backcountry.Com was founded by two friends, Jim Holland and John Bresee. The company originally began selling avalanche items online out of their loft in Heber City, Utah. During their first 15 years, the company grew at an outstanding rate and was one of the first profitable online retailers. This two man operation now employs more than 1,200 full time employees.

The company purchased the domain name backcountry.com for $75,000 in 2004

TSG Consumer Partners purchased the company in July of 2015 and a new CEO, Jonathan Nielsen, was announced in March of 2016.

In October 2018, Backcountry.com filed for trademarks protecting the word “backcountry“, then proceeded to file lawsuits against smaller companies with the word “backcountry” in them, such as Backcountry Denim (now known as BDCo), Backcountry eBikes (now known as Backcou eBikes), Backcountry Babes (a female avalanche education clinic), and Marquette Backcountry Skis.

Backcountry.Com is an online retailer of outdoor and hiking gear, including tents, clothing, backpacking gear, skiing equipment, hats, watches, wallets, footwear, and helmets. The company opened its first brick and mortar store in Park City and has plans to open two more locations, despite the coronavirus.

BackCountry.Com maintains a corporate office in Park City, Utah.

Backcountry.Com

History

The company purchased the domain name backcountry.com for $75,000 in 2004

TSG Consumer Partners purchased the company in July of 2015 and a new CEO, Jonathan Nielsen, was announced in March of 2016.

BackCountry.Com maintains a corporate office in Park City, Utah.

Benny’s Corporate Office

Benny’s was founded in 1924 in Providence, Rhode Island, by Benjamin Bromberg. The company operates a chain of department stores in Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and Connecticut. Benny’s offers a wide range of items in many departments, including lawn and garden, fishing, pet supplies, candy, seasonal, tires, bikes, sporting goods, automotive, food, electronics, hardware, housewares, and toys. The company also provides hands on services such as tires, paint and stain mixing, as well as providing fishing and hunting licenses.

Unlike other retailers, Benny’s does not do online sales, although the company does have a website showing departments and sale items, as well as a list of locations. Current CEO Malcom Bromberg states that while the company won’t rule out internet sales, at this time, they have no immediate plans to open up their company to online purchases.

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