Zale Corp.

Public Company, Headquarters Location
901 W Walnut Hill Ln., Irving, TX 75038-1001, United States
(972)580-4000, http://www.zalecorp.com

Primary SIC: Jewelry Stores, Primary NAICS: Jewelry Stores
Description: Zale Corporation, headquartered in Irving, Texas, was incorporated in Delaware in 1993. Morris Zale, William Zale and Ben Lipshy opened the first Zales Jewelers in 1924 in Wichita Falls. In 1957, the company announced its initial public offering and is traded on the New York Stock Exchange. Zale is a leading specialty retailer of fine jewelry, and sells more diamond jewelry than any other jeweler in North America. Zale operates in three business segments: fine jewelry, kiosk jewelry and all other. The fine jewelry segment consists of five brands: Peoples Jewellers and Mappins Jewellers in Canada; and Zales Jewelers, Gordon's Jewelers and Zales Outlet in the United States. Brands in the kiosk jewelry segment consist of Piercing Pagoda, Plumb Gold, and Silver and Gold Connection. Zale's third business segment provides insurance and reinsurance facilities to private label credit card customers through Zale Indemnity Company, Zale Life Insurance Company and Jewel Re-Insurance Ltd. The company operates 1,396 specialty retail jewelry stores and 739 kiosks that are located primarily in shopping malls in the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico.Retail: Fine jewelry. Finance: Holding company.