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🠈  Talbots  🠊

The Talbots

Talbots is a retailer of upper notch clothing with headquarters in Hingham, Ma. This video shows the corporate headquarters:

Corporate History

This section lists corporate events that took place in the history of Talbots. The rapid growth of the chain took place under the management of General Mills and the Japanese firm ÆON Group.1,2,3

The company had a popular catalog, but it failed to do well in the Internet age. My guess is that the problem came from tax structures. Talbots charged sales tax in every state that had a store. Amazon.com didn't; So Amazon won.

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References:

  1. Wikipedia - Talbots (Drawn 11/4/2019)
  2. Funding Universe - Talbots (Drawn 11/4/2019)
  3. Encyclopedia.com - Talbots (Drawn 11/4/2019)
  4. PR Newswire - Sycamore Partners Completes Acquisition of Talbots (Drawn 11/4/2019)
  5. PE Hub - Golden Gate Spin Off Invests in Talbots (Drawn 11/4/2019)
  6. Financial Times - BPW Acquires Talbots (Drawn 11/4/2019)
  7. Stamford Advocate - BPW completes Acquisition (Drawn 11/4/2019)
  8. BusinessWire - Sycamore Acquires Talbots (Drawn 11/4/2019)

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