men s wearhouse inc. you re gon na like the way you look . i guarantee it . type public traded as nyse tlrd industry retail founded 1973 founder george zimmer headquarters westchase houston texas number of locations men s wearhouse 714 men s wearhouse and tux 160 moores 124 k & g 89 the tuxedo shop macy s 12 march 2016 1 key people douglas ewert 2 products men s clothing footwear tuxedo rentals and suit pressing . subsidiaries moores jos. a. bank website menswearhouse.com tailoredbrands.com men s wearhouse in miamisburg ohio tailored brands inc. doing business as men s wearhouse is a chain of american men s dress clothes retailers in the united states . the company has corporate offices in the westchase area of houston texas 3 4 5 6 and executive offices in fremont california . the company is publicly traded on the new york stock exchange . the company was founded by george zimmer in 1973 . contents 1 history and operations 1.1 acquisition of jos. a. bank 1.2 tailored brands holding company 2 restatement 3 references history and operations edit men s wearhouse in saugus massachusetts the company operates under the names men s wearhouse k & g superstores an off price retail chain featuring discontinued items moores clothing for men a canadian chain of men s clothing stores twin hill corporate clothing mw cleaners in the houston area and most recently jos a. bank . in 1997 it purchased then liquidated the bankrupt kuppenheimer chain . 7 men s wearhouse notably ran television and radio commercials featuring zimmer and the oft repeated slogan you re going to like the way you look ; i guarantee it . 8 according to business week men s wearhouse targets the common man with the neatly displayed clothes in zimmer s stores being designed to cater to the unpretentious guy who wants to do as little as possible to maintain his wardrobe . 9 on november 17 2006 men s wearhouse acquired after hours formalwear a clothier specializing in black tie formalwear from federated department stores the parent company of department store company macy s. 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 and continued to sponsor the league in 2010 . as of 4 february 2013 update men s wearhouse employs 15 261 people . 10 on june 19 2013 the company dismissed founder and executive chairman george zimmer for undisclosed reasons . 11 the company later stated that zimmer was dismissed due to difficulty accepting the fact that men s wearhouse is a public company with an independent board of directors and that he has not been the chief executive officer for two years . he advocated for significant changes that would enable him to regain control . 12 acquisition of jos. a. bank edit on november 12 2013 ricky sandler ceo of eminence capital llc published a letter he sent to men s wearhouse ceo douglas ewert discussing a merger with joseph . a. bank clothiers inc. 2 on november 15 2013 joseph a. bank clothiers inc. withdrew its all cash proposal to purchase men s wearhouse for 48 a share after its self imposed november 14 deadline . 13 in october 2013 men s wearhouse received a 2.4 billion acquisition offer from smaller rival jos. a. bank . 14 men s wearhouse countered with an offer of its own which sparked a five month takeover battle between the two menswear retailers . after jos. a. bank rejected the initial counteroffer men s wearhouse announced that it would increase its all cash bid if jos. a. bank revealed limited financial information and entered into negotiations . 15 in an attempt to dilute shares and become too large for men s wearhouse to purchase jos. a. bank agreed to acquire the men s outdoor clothing company eddie bauer for 825 million . 16 men s wearhouse immediately responded by filing a lawsuit to block the proposed acquisition which was expedited by delaware judge j. travis laster . 17 the lawsuit required jos. a. bank to disclose documents relating to the deal and prevented it from closing the deal without giving men s wearhouse 10 days notice . in march 2014 men s wearhouse reached an agreement to acquire jos. a. bank for 1.8 billion on the condition that it dropped its acquisition bid for eddie bauer . 18 a federal trade commission investigation into the deal concluded in april 2014 concluding that the merger was not likely to harm consumers ; the completion of this investigation was required for the merger to go forward . 19 tailored brands holding company edit in january 2016 the company adopted a holding company structure and changed the name of its parent company from men s wearhouse to tailored brands and its stock symbol from mw to tlrd . 20 restatement edit on april 14 2005 the company restated leases and depreciation of related leasehold . 21 references edit tailored brands inc. reports fiscal 2015 fourth quarter and full year results press release . pr newswire . march 9 2016 . retrieved march 14 2016 . a b karr arnold j. 12 november 2013 . men s wearhouse open to jos. a. bank talks investor says . wwd . retrieved 12 november 2013 . sect5 key.gif . westchase district . retrieved on january 13 2009 . contact us . the men s wearhouse . retrieved on december 9 2009 . men s wearhouse 2012 annual report . corporate ir.net . retrieved may 12 2016 . http www.hoovers.com company information cs company profile.the mens wearhouse inc.2f8a6112002adb97.html men s wearhouse to liquidate remaining kuppenheimer stores atlanta business chronicle march 4 1997 . zimmer no longer there to . tribunedigital chicagotribune . retrieved may 12 2016 . lee louise . spiffing up men s wearhouse businessweek november 1 2004 . 1 fortune magazine feb. 2013 100 best companies to work for . http www.cnbc.com id 100827922 kaplan david . men s wearhouse explains why it canned zimmer . houston chronicle . june 25 2013 . retrieved on june 25 2013 . palmieri jean e. november 17 2013 . jos. a. bank withdraws bid for men s wearhouse wwd . wwd . retrieved may 12 2016 . men s wearhouse rejects 2.4 billion bid from jos. a. bank . cnn money . retrieved 2014 04 28 . men s wearhouse adds fiery lawsuit more money to takeover fight . bloomberg businessweek . retrieved 2014 04 28 . jos. a. bank agrees to buy eddie bauer . cnn money . retrieved 2014 04 28 . judge expedites men s wearhouse lawsuit . new york times dealbook . retrieved 2014 04 28 . jayakumar amrita march 11 2014 . men s wearhouse finally buys jos. a. bank . the washington post . briggs james may 30 2014 . ftc gives green light to 1.8 b jos. a. bank men s wearhouse merger . baltimore business journal . men s wearhouse to become holding company tailored brands . men s wearhouse delays filing form 10 k to finalize corrections in lease accounting . houston portal companies portal retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title men % 27s wearhouse & oldid 743465769 categories companies listed on the new york stock exchangecompanies based in houstonretail companies established in 1973clothing retailers of the united statesclothing companies established in 1973hidden categories use american english from may 2016all wikipedia articles written in american englishuse mdy dates from may 2016articles containing potentially dated statements from february 2013all articles containing potentially dated statements navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages espa olfran aisitaliano edit links this page was last modified on 9 october 2016 at 19 54 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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