Men's Wearhouse
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Dress clothes
Dress clothes are clothing that is less formal than formal wear but more formal than casual wear.-Summary:For men, this includes items like a necktie, a dress shirt, trousers, dress socks, dress shoes, and underwear...
retailer in the United States
United States
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. The company is based in the Westchase area of Houston, Texas
Houston, Texas
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, and it is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange
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. The company was founded by George Zimmer
George Zimmer
George Zimmer is an American entrepreneur, the founder and CEO of the Men's Wearhouse, a men's clothing retailer that has more than 1,300 stores across the U.S...
in 1973.
The company operates under the names Men's Wearhouse, K&G Superstores (an off-price retail chain featuring discontinued items), Moores Clothing for Men
Moores
Moores, Clothing for Men, is a Canadian brand specialized in tailor-made clothing for men similar to Tip Top Tailors or Classys. It is an affiliate to Men's Wearhouse, from the U.S....
(a Canadian chain of men's clothing stores), and Twin Hill Corporate apparel. In 1997, it purchased, then liquidated, the bankrupt Kuppenheimer
Kuppenheimer
B. Kuppenheimer & Co., or simply Kuppenheimer, was a mens clothing manufacturing and retail operation based in Chicago, Illinois and later Atlanta, Georgia.- History :...
chain.
The chain runs television and radio commercials featuring Zimmer, and the oft-repeated slogan, "You're going to like the way you look; I guarantee it." According to Business Week, Men's Wearhouse targets the common man, with "the neatly displayed clothes in Zimmer's stores
On November 17, 2006, Men's Wearhouse acquired After Hours Formalwear
After Hours Formalwear
MW Tux was a division of Men's Wearhouse clothier that specialized in the renting of tuxedos and formal wear for men. In late 2008, the MW Tux Brand was rolled up into the Men's Wearhouse brand, and ceased being an independent brand....
, a clothier specializing in black tie
Black tie
Black tie is a dress code for evening events and social functions. For a man, the main component is a usually black jacket, known as a dinner jacket or tuxedo...
formalwear, from Federated Department Stores
Federated Department Stores
Macy's, Inc. is a department store holding company and owner of Macy's and Bloomingdale's department stores. Macy's Inc.'s stores specialize mostly in retail clothing, jewelery, watches, dinnerware, and furniture....
, the parent company of department store giant Macy's
Macy's
Macy's is a U.S. chain of mid-to-high range department stores. In addition to its flagship Herald Square location in New York City, the company operates over 800 stores in the United States...
. After Hours Formalwear was originally rebranded MW Tux, but has now been rolled up under the Men's Wearhouse brand. The formalwear group within Men's Wearhouse specializes in tuxedo rentals for men and boys for black tie events.
In August 2010 Men's Wearhouse acquired the trade and assets of Alexandra plc, which was in administration and Dimensions Corporatewear to develop its presence in Europe.
In 2009, Men's Wearhouse became a major sponsor of the United Football League
United Football League
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and continued to sponsor the league in 2010.