Company Profile
Updated: 17-SEP-09Cato Corp.
Public Company, Headquarters Location
8100 Denmark Rd., Charlotte, NC 28273-5979, United States
(800)488-0619, (704)554-8510, (704)551-7594 fax, http://www.catocorp.com
Primary SIC: Women's Clothing Stores, Primary NAICS: Women's Clothing Stores
Description: Cato Corp. was founded in 1946 and is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange. The company operates women's fashion specialty under the names "Cato," "Cato Fashions," "Cato Plus," "It's Fashion" and "It's Fashion Metro." The company offers quality fashion apparel and accessories at low prices in junior/missy, plus sizes and girls sizes 7 to 16. The company's stores feature a broad assortment of apparel and accessories, including dressy, career and casual sportswear, dresses, coats, shoes, lingerie, costume jewelry and handbags. A major portion of the merchandise is sold under the company's private label, and is produced by approximately 100 vendors. Cato operates stores in 31 states, principally in the southeastern United States. Most stores range in size from 3,500 to 6,000 square feet, and are located primarily in strip shopping centers anchored by national discounters or market-dominant grocery stores. All merchandise is shipped directly to the company's distribution center in Charlotte, North Carolina, inspected there and then allocated to individual stores. The company offers its own credit card and layaway plan. Credit and layaway sales represented 11% of retail sales in fiscal 2008.Retail: Women's apparel store chain.
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Bernanke Clears Vote, But Risks Loss of Clout.(Washington)
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JUDGMENTS.(Neighbors)
The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY); 12/17/2009; 2724 words; ...Couglar. Wayne Woods,3351 Route 370, Cato, $3,619.23 in favor of Chase Bank...favor of Unifund CCR Partners. Joseph J. Corp,46 Grove St., Moravia, $4,600...Brandon D. Giambalvo,11247 Myers Road, Cato, $1,425 in favor of New York state...
REAL ESTATE.(Neighbors)
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Reg Reform: Concession Time's Only Just Begun.(Washington)
American Banker; 12/14/2009; 1683 words; ...is now the director of financial regulation studies at the Cato Institute. The House approved the bill 223 to 202 on Friday...prudential supervision of the Fed and Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. His bill also calls for a separate consumer pr
Erosion of ownership rights; Casualties of the big-government tide.(COMMENTARY)
The Washington Times (Washington, DC); 12/10/2009; 1312 words; ...right of contracts as part of its takeover of General Motors Corp. By unilaterally stripping the ownership protections of preferred...Land and Gilbert A. Fornatora vs. United States. But as the Cato Institute nicely sums up the basic issue in a friend-of-the...
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