Corporate Office

Art Van Furniture Corporate Office

Art Van Elslander founded his first furniture store in Detroit, Michigan, in 1959. Within one year, Elslander had opened 3 more locations but didn’t hire his first employee until the opening of his 4th store.

By 1963, Art Van Furniture had 7 stores and Elslander took on his brothers as partners. When the company reached 15 locations in 1973, Elslander could no longer do his office work at each location and the company purchased a building in Warren, Michigan, to use as a corporate office.

Today, the company has nearly 200 locations, with some of them franchises, in 7 states. Art Van Furniture also operates outlet locations and Art Van PureSleep Bedding.

Art Van Furniture was sold to Thomas H. Lee Partners, a private equity firm, in 2017 for an undisclosed sum. The company estimates annual revenue in 2018 to be $1.4 billion.

The company sacked CEO Ron Boire after only a year on the job, citing that Elslander wanted change to occur more quickly. Gary Fazio was named CEO in 2018.

Headquarters for the company are still located in Warren, Michigan.

Art Van Furniture

History

Today, the company has nearly 200 locations, with some of them franchises, in 7 states. Art Van Furniture also operates outlet locations and Art Van PureSleep Bedding.

Art Van Furniture was sold to Thomas H. Lee Partners, a private equity firm, in 2017 for an undisclosed sum. The company estimates annual revenue in 2018 to be $1.4 billion.

The company sacked CEO Ron Boire after only a year on the job, citing that Elslander wanted change to occur more quickly. Gary Fazio was named CEO in 2018.

Headquarters for the company are still located in Warren, Michigan.

Orvis Corporate Office

Charles Orvis opened a tackle shop in Manchester, Vermont, in 1856. His fly fishing reel has been described as the first fully modern fly reel. His family took over the business, including his daughter Mary, who published a reference book regarding fishing flies and their history.

in 1965, the company was sold to the Perkins family, who still own the company. Orvis has become the world’s largest manufacturer of high-quality fishing rods and reels. Between 1982 and 2000, the company acquired six other firms.

Today, the company has 88 retail stores, 11 outlet locations, and an e-commerce site. In addition to fishing equipment, the company also sells a full line of sporting goods and other items, including dog beds, clothing for both men and women, home items such as bedding, doormats, and outdoor furniture, luggage, and personalized gift items.

In October 2019, Orvis released a dog bed that was made from 250 recycled plastic bottles.

Company headquarters for Orvis are located in Sunderland, Vermont.

Orvis

History

In October 2019, Orvis released a dog bed that was made from 250 recycled plastic bottles.

Company headquarters for Orvis are located in Sunderland, Vermont.

Nine West Corporate Office

Nine West was founded in 1983 in New York, New York, by Jerome Fisher & Vince Camuto. The first store location was located in Stamford, Connecticut. Originally, the store sold only women’s shoes. Since that time, the company has expanded tremendously, offering handbags, sunglasses, legwear, outerwear, jewelry, belts, watches, cold weather accessories, hats, scarves and wraps, and eyewear. After the launch of handbags in 1995, Nine West expanded to dresses, suits and children’s shoes.

The company went international in 1994, opening its first overseas location in Hong Kong. In 1995, Nine West acquired the United States Shoe Corporation, which included the Easy Spirit brand of shoes.

Nine West once had 800 global locations in 57 countries, as well as an active e-commerce site.

In April 2018, it was announced that Nine West’s U.S. business had filed for bankruptcy and closed all its stores. It was announced that Nine West’s business would be closed for good. It was also announced that the Nine West brand would be acquired by Authentic Brands Group.

Authentic Brands reopened many store locations and announced in 2019 that Tyra Banks would be their new ambassador and spokesperson.

In late 2019, the company emerged from bankruptcy and announced that it would rebrand itself as Premier Brands.

Headquarters for Nine West is located in Greenwich, Connecticut.

Nine West

History

Nine West once had 800 global locations in 57 countries, as well as an active e-commerce site.

Authentic Brands reopened many store locations and announced in 2019 that Tyra Banks would be their new ambassador and spokesperson.

In late 2019, the company emerged from bankruptcy and announced that it would rebrand itself as Premier Brands.

Headquarters for Nine West is located in Greenwich, Connecticut.

Sundance Catalog Corporate Office

Actor Robert Redford purchased a 6,000-acre ranch in Utah in 1969 after making the movie “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid” in which Redford played the Sundance Kid. The ranch was named Sundance and Redford created the Sundance Group, which is a non-profit organization.

Sundance Ranch offers a small resort and “town”, which features local artists and artesian products. The store became very popular and Redford began selling these items via the Sundance Catalog, which was first published in 1989. Mr. Redford once quipped, “Let me say that if for any reason this Catalog should fail, I plan to change my name and move to Bolivia.”

The catalog is published several times each year and has a separate catalog for jewelry. There are also Sundance retail stores and outlets, with 18 locations in as many states.

Sundance also sells its products via a website.

Sundance Holdings Group has been sold several times, with the last sale being to Webster Capital for an undisclosed sum in October 2019.

Sundance published its first home furnishing and home decor catalog in March 2019.

Headquarters for Sundance are located in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Sundance Catalog

History

The catalog is published several times each year and has a separate catalog for jewelry. There are also Sundance retail stores and outlets, with 18 locations in as many states.

Sundance also sells its products via a website.

Sundance Holdings Group has been sold several times, with the last sale being to Webster Capital for an undisclosed sum in October 2019.

Sundance published its first home furnishing and home decor catalog in March 2019.

Headquarters for Sundance are located in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Fisher Investments Corporate Office

Ken Fisher is an American investment analyst and one of the richest men in the world. His father was also an investment advisor. He graduated with a degree in economics in 1972. In 1979, with $250, Fisher started his own investment firm, Fisher Investments in San Francisco, California.

Fisher was the first to use a practice called price-to-sales ratio to gauge his stock buying. Fisher defined his investment philosophy after studying the stock returns and P/E ratios between January 1976 and June 1995 ousing six investment categories: big-cap value, midcap value, small-cap value, big-cap growth, midcap growth, and small-cap growth.

Fisher served as CEO until 2016 and now works as Chairman of the company. Fisher Investments and its subsidiaries manage over $100 billion in assets for individual investors and institutional investors around the world. The firm maintains four principal business units: Fisher Investments Institutional Group, Fisher Investments Private Client Group, Fisher Investments 401(k) Solutions Group and Fisher Investments International Group.

While the company has some of the highest fees in the industry, it also outperforms nearly every other investment firm. Fisher typically makes bold statements and predictions, including saying that the Federal Reserve doesn’t matter as much as people think it does.

At a private “power lunch” meeting on October 8th, 2019, Fisher was recorded making sexist comments during his speech. He compared attaining new clients to picking up girls at a bar. Fisher has since apologized for his comments, calling them inappropriate, but his comments have snowballed into a huge loss for the company, with at least 6 large government pension or investment firms pulling their money out of the company. This loss currently stands at $2.7 billion.

Fisher has been banned from doing interviews or giving speeches for the time being.

Company headquarters are located in Camas, Washington.

Fisher Investments

History

Fisher has been banned from doing interviews or giving speeches for the time being.

Company headquarters are located in Camas, Washington.