About Talbots
Established in 1947, Talbots is a number one specialty retailer and direct marketer of ladies’s traditional clothes, footwear and vogue equipment. The corporate is thought for offering gracious service and a top quality choice of timeless wardrobe necessities in a broad vary of sizes.
Rudolf and Nancy Talbot opened their first store in Hingham, Mass., a quaint city not removed from Boston, in 1947.
Their retail and catalog enterprise flourished and, with 5 shops in upscale outskirts like Hingham, Duxbury and Lenox, they offered the corporate to Common Mills in 1973. Growth ensued up and down the East Coast, however when Common Mills divested its Specialty Retail Division, Talbots was acquired by the Japanese retailing conglomerate JUSCO Co., Ltd. (now ÆON Co., Ltd.) in 1988. Talbots went public in November of 1993 and was acquired by Sycamore Companions, a personal fairness agency specializing in client and retail investments, in August of 2012.
On the finish of fiscal 2012, the corporate operated 504 Talbots shops all through the U.S. (45 states) and Canada, together with 432 Talbots shops (U.S. and Canada), 56 Talbots Upscale Outlet shops (U.S.) and 16 Talbots Clearance shops (15 in U.S.; one in Canada). Buyer Profile
The Talbots buyer is wise and well-educated, with the bulk professionally employed in a variety of fields. She’s energetic in and keen about her neighborhood. Ageless in fashion and perspective, she appreciates traditional styling and values high quality workmanship.
