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Last Fiscal Year Sales:$750.0M
- Private
- US
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In 1818, Henry Sands Brooks founded Brooks Brothers, the first ready-to-wear fashion emporium in America. Since then, we are proud to have become an institution that has shaped the American style of dress through fashion innovation, fine quality, personal service, and exceptional value in our products.
Chairman & CEO
Claudio Del VecchioNumber of Employees 5,500
Peer Companies
NAICS Code Infants' Cut and Sew Apparel Manufacturing: 315291
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The golden fleece gets flocked. (W News).
- 2002-02-01
With close to two centuries of history under its preppy belt, Brooks Brothers has anew owner and a new lease on life. After being put on the block by Marks & Spencer last March and enduring a bidding process that attracted more than 25 suitors, the company...
Deal May Be in Works for British-Owned Kings Super Markets.
- 2002-01-08
By Kevin G. DeMarrais, The Record, Hackensack, N.J. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 8--Gristede's, the upscale New York City-based chain, has emerged as the front-runner in the bidding to purchase Kings Super Markets Inc. from its British owners. A deal could...
Sale marks the demise of UK chain's US ambitions.
- 2001-11-26
Financial Times Lex: The sale of Brooks Brothers, owned by Marks & Spencer (M&S), illustrates once again the demise of a UK retailer's US ambitions. M&S sold the brand to the Retail Brand Alliance for a third of the price it paid in 1998....
Marks & Spencer disposes of Brooks Brothers for a knock-down $225m
- 2001-11-24
MARKS & SPENCER finally brought the curtain down on its disastrous Brooks Brothers acquisition yesterday when it sold the US business for a third of the price it paid in 1988. It has sold Brooks Brothers for $225m (pounds 160m) compared to the $750m it paid for...
DICKSON POON IN BROOKS BROS. BIDDING; HONG KONG-BASED FIRM SAID TO BE IN "VERY ACTIVE TALKS" TO ACQUIRE MEN'S WEAR BRAND.
- 2001-08-27
NEW YORK -- Another serious bidder has emerged for Brooks Bros.: Hong Kong fashion tycoon Dickson Poon. Poon's nascent Dickson North America arm, which has been aggressively shopping here and abroad for merger and acquisition deals since last September, is said...
Ralph Lauren steps off the catwalk and into the Brooks Brothers
- 2001-07-23
POLO RALPH LAUREN, the upmarket American retailer and designer, has emerged as a potential bidder for Brooks Brothers, the "preppy" clothing chain recently put up for sale by Marks & Spencer. Ralph Lauren is one of seven bidders that have made it through to the second round...
British Parent Company Considers Bids for American Men's Clothing Subsidiary.
- 2001-07-03
By Judith Schoolman, Daily News, New York Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 3--Discount haberdasher Men's Warehouse is hot in pursuit of preppy clothier Brooks Brothers. So is Lord & Taylor's parent, May Department Stores, according to fashion industry sources. ...
MEN'S WEARHOUSE, MAY CO. BID FOR BROOKS DELLA VALLE GROUP, ONCE CONSIDERED A STRONG POSSIBILITY, TAKES A PASS.
- 2001-07-02
NEW YORK -- The Men's Wearhouse, May Department Stores Co. and the company's former CEO are among the first-round bidders for Brooks Brothers, according to market sources. The Della Valle Group, however, has taken a pass. As reported, preliminary indications of...
British Firm to Sell American Supermarkets Chain, Menswear Retailer.
- 2001-06-29
Evening Standard, London Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 29--Marks & Spencer expects to sell its American supermarkets chain King's by the end of the summer and to offload menswear business Brooks Brothers soon after. Preliminary bids for both businesses have come in...
Men's style: The big matter of smalls (but don't go wrong with a
- 2001-06-04
THERE ARE many things a man shouldn't do in the bedroom. Particularly if he's in the process of trying to seduce a woman of only vague acquaintance. Yodelling, for instance, or spitting; the covert use of video recording equipment; and any unnecessary euphemistic conversation (my own favourites are two I...
Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Diane Hamilton | President & COO |
| Joseph Dixon | Executive Vice President, Manufacturing |
| Debra Del Vecchio | Senior Vice President, Operations |
| Lou Amendola | Senior Vice President & General Manager, Mdsg |
| Arthur Wayne | Director of Communications |
| Stephanie Celenza | Director, Retail Marketing |
| Jason Guerra | Manager |
| Kristen Pollock | Manager, Acq Marketing |
Board of Directors
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Claudio Del Vecchio | Chairman & CEO |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Brooks Brothers, Inc. | Chairman & CEO | Current |
| National Retail Federation | Board of Directors | Current |
| Luxottica Group S.p.A. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Petite Sophisticate Outlet | President & CEO | Former |
| Retail Brand Alliance, Inc. | President & CEO | Former |
| August Max Woman | President | Former |
| Casual Corner Woman | President & CEO | Former |
| Casual Corner Group, Inc. | President & CEO | Former |
| Petite Sophisticate | President | Former |
| Brooks Brothers, Inc. | President | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Brooks Brothers, Inc. | President & COO | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Brooks Brothers, Inc. | Executive Vice President, Manufacturing | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Brooks Brothers, Inc. | Senior Vice President, Operations | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Brooks Brothers, Inc. | Senior Vice President & General Manager, Mdsg | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Brooks Brothers, Inc. | Director of Communications | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Brooks Brothers, Inc. | Director, Retail Marketing | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Alliance for Full Acceptance | Affa Board Vice President | Current |
| Brooks Brothers, Inc. | Manager | Current |
| Alliance for Full Acceptance | Board of Directors | Current |
| Sldn | Board of Directors | Current |
| Sldn | Member | Current |
| College of Charleston | Bachelor Degree In Business Mgmt | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Brooks Brothers, Inc. | Manager, Acq Marketing | Current |
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