Company Profile
Updated: 13-OCT-09Ross Stores Inc.
Public Company, Headquarters Location
4440 Rosewood Dr., Pleasanton, CA 94588-3050, United States
(925)965-4400, (925)965-4169 fax, http://www.rossstores.com
Primary SIC: Family Clothing Stores, Primary NAICS: Family Clothing Stores
Description: Ross Stores, Inc. sells off-price clothing, shoes, personal hygiene items and home accessories in 890 retail stores located in 27 states and Guam. The company works with more than 300 merchants to carry recognizable brand names and labels at prices that are affordable to moderate income households in its two store chains, Ross Dress for Less and dd's DISCOUNT. Incorporated in 1957, the company also operates buying offices in New York City and Los Angeles, as well as four distribution processing facilities and four warehouse facilities located in cities within California, Pennsylvania and South Carolina. A group of past and current directors and stockholders purchased the company in 1982, the date that the real growth for Ross Stores began, with the number of Ross Dress for Less stores increasing from six to 838 by 2008. The company's second retail segment, dd's DISCOUNT stores, entered the retail market in 2004. By 2008, it had grown to 52 stores in four states.Retail: Off-price clothing, housewares, fine jewelry, footware and general department store chain.
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Telecommunications Weekly; 12/23/2009; 800 words; Today, Just Born, Inc., maker of PEEPS[R...opening of its first retail store, PEEPS & COMPANY...statement, David Shaffer and Ross Born, Co-CEOs of Just...Potomac. Just Born, Inc. is a privately owned...Keywords: AT&T, Just Born Inc., Telecommunications...
Weingarten Reports Hobby Lobby to Join List of Anchors at Orlando's Colonial Plaza Shopping Center.
Business Wire; 12/22/2009; 742 words; ...held company Hobby Lobby Stores Inc. based in Oklahoma City...Oklahoma which operates 432 stores in 35 states, including...The Colonial Plaza store, which is expected to...national retailers, such as Ross Dress for Less, Marshalls...site for their first store in the Orlando ...
Housing project's relocation OK'd
The Boston Globe; 12/18/2009; 486 words; ...complex, to be built by Community Builders Inc., will include 240 apartments and another...to revitalize the area with new homes, stores, and offices. But Harvard said last week...M. Menino said in a statement. Casey Ross can be reached at cross@globe.com.
Books in 60 Seconds and Vast Selection of Content in Kindle Store Moves Canada into the Top 5 Kindle Countries.
Business Wire; 12/16/2009; 1458 words; ...SEATTLE -- Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) today...Kindle books." The Kindle Store (www.amazon.com...Big to Fail, by Andrew Ross Sorkin; and Three Cups...Amazon.com Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN...Selection. Amazon.com, Inc. seeks to be Earth...
CITY OF FLORENCE ISSUES AGENDA FOR DEC. 15 MEETING
US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 12/16/2009; 985 words; ...TRANE Comfort Solutions Inc., to provide labor...Resolution to reappoint Doris Ross to the Florence Beautification...Premises Beer by SHAN, INC., d/b/a SHAN CONVENIENCE STORE #2, located at 2207...operation of a Package Liquor Store with Off-Premises Liquor...
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