Background Information on Express

Some Background Information on My Favorite Retailer- Express
Clothing stores seem to come and go. But to even become a store, there must be a beginning, a creator/innovator, and personal experience in the experimental process to be a member of the ongoing history of this world of retail industry. My favorite retailer, Express, is no different from other stores. To begin, the Express president-cum-CEO Michael Weiss seemed to have a vision that Express could and would be an “original, stylish and forward-looking fashion that attracts the trendsetters. They are innovators who mingle fashions and innovate in order to individually express the final products” (www.1tshirtsworld.com). With those thoughts, Weiss began the Express clothing line and industry. Express has its headquarters located in Columbus, Ohio. It was founded in 1980 and appears to be gaining in popularity more each day.
Today, Express “is a well-known American specialty fashion retailer which primarily delivers contemporary stylish outfits for both young men and women who stand in the front line of fashion” (www.1tshirtsworld.com). Previously, Express had more than 550 clothing stores in the United States. As of today, there are more than 620 men’s, women’s, and dual-gender stores in the United States that sell trendy private-label apparel and accessories” (www.hoovers.com). For almost 30 years now, Express has been “delivering (an) innovative style fabulous sensitivity in the market trend” (www.1tshirtworld.com).
Express store and well-known brand label expanded from the company called Limited Brands. Limited Brands decided to extend their structure stores and reunited both labels to re-create Express Men’s in 2002. Since there have been many closing and regrouping of industries and retail stores today due to the economic challenges that now face industries of many types, Limited Brands sold the Express chain to Golden Gate Capital in mid-2007.
Works Cited:
http://www.hoovers.com/express,-llc/--ID__105440--/free-co-profile.xhtml


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