TALBOTS PETITES LADIES SILK/WOOL BLEND LUXURY JACKET (USA)

TALBOTS PETITES LADIES' SILK/WOOL BLEND LUXURY JACKET RAISED SILK-WOOL LUXURY FABRIC BUTTON CLOSURE TIGHT LAPELS UNIQUE PIECE ONLY THE BEST LUXURY FABRICS EXQUISITE TAILORING HIGH-END ORIGINAL TALBOTS TALBOTS The first shop, located in Hingham, Massachusetts, was opened in 1947 by Rudolf and Nancy Talbot. In 1948, the Talbots launched a direct mail business by distributing 3,000 fliers to names obtained from The New Yorker magazine. In 1973, they sold the company, consisting of a growing catalog enterprise and five stores, to General Mills. The chain was expanded along the U.S. east coast. When General Mills divested its Specialty Retail Division in 1988, Talbots was acquired by JUSCO Co. Ltd. (now ÆON Co., Ltd.). The company got its start in New England in 1947 and remained a small regional chain for nearly 30 years before it was purchased by General Mills, which undertook its nationwide expansion. 1948 In 1948, the Talbots launched a direct mail business by distributing 3,000 fliers to names obtained from The New Yorker magazine. 1950 By 1950, their business had outgrown its first location, and they moved two blocks to an old, white clapboard house that remains the mother store. Talbots became a public company in 1993 and was traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol TLB. The New York City-based private equity firm Sycamore Partners acquired Talbots in August 2012 for $391 million (including debt).