public traded as nyse bke industry retail founded 1948 headquarters kearney nebraska u.s. number of locations 463 area served domestic key people daniel hirschfeld chairman dennis nelson president and ceo products clothing footwear and accessories services clothing retail revenue us 1.15 billion 2014 1 operating income us 336 million 2014 1 net income us 163 million 2014 1 total assets us 543 million 2014 1 total equity us 355 million 2014 1 number of employees 2 800 2015 website www.buckle.com the buckle inc. is a fashion retailer selling clothing footwear and accessories for young men and women . the company operates 463 stores in 44 us states under the names buckle and the buckle . 2 buckle markets brand names and private label apparel including denims other casual bottoms tops shirts activewear outerwear accessories and footwear . 3 contents 1 history 2 executive officers 3 merchandise 4 references 5 external links history edit buckle began with a men s clothing store in 1948 in kearney nebraska . the first store was founded by david hirschfeld and operated under the name mills clothing . his son dan took over the operations in 1965 . in 1967 a second store was purchased and operated under the name brass buckle . at that point the company began selling more casual men s clothing and by the early 1970s brass buckle had developed into a denim based store . in 1977 the company introduced women s clothing . in 1991 brass buckle changed its name to the buckle and in 1992 the company went public on the nasdaq where it was traded as bkle . in 1997 the buckle moved to the new york stock exchange where it now trades under the symbol bke . 4 executive officers edit dan hirschfeld leads the company as chairman of the board he has been with the company since 1965 . dennis nelson president and chief executive officer has been with the company since 1970 . karen rhoads senior vice president of finance and chief financial officer has been with the company since 1987 . brett milkie senior vice president of leasing has been with the company since 1992 . kari smith executive vice president of stores has been with the company since 1978 . patricia pat whisler senior vice president of women s merchandising has been with the company since 1976 . robert carlberg senior vice president of men s merchandising has been with the company since 1983 . kyle hanson vice president corporate secretary and general counsel has been with the company since 1998 . thomas heacock vice president of finance treasurer and corporate controller has been with the company since 2003 . michelle hoffman vice president of sales has been with the company since 1979 . kelli molczyk vice president of women s merchandising has been with the company since 1999 . diane applegate vice president of supply chain and merchandising operations has been with the company since 1983 . merchandise edit buckle markets denims casual bottoms fashion tops activewear outerwear accessories and footwear . partner brands include lucky brand rock revival miss me big star american fighter corral society hurley affliction billabong silver jeans oakley fossil and many more . buckle s own private label brands make up 35 % of sales . these include bke buckle black gimmicks bke boutique daytrip and reclaim . references edit a b c d e income statements recent and historical for buckle inc bke . wikinvest . retrieved 29 april 2015 . staff hub may 23 2015 . buckle inc. . kearney hub . retrieved 1 june 2015 . the buckle inc. . new york times . retrieved 1 june 2015 . our story . buckle corporate . the buckle inc. retrieved 29 april 2015 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title buckle clothing retailer & oldid 743637165 categories companies based in nebraskaclothing companies of the united statesclothing retailers of the united statescompanies listed on the new york stock exchangeclothing brands of the united states2010s fashion2000s fashion1990s fashionretail companies established in 19481948 establishments in nebraskahidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parameters 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 add links this page was last modified on 10 october 2016 at 14 11 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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