chain . for other uses see tuesday morning disambiguation . tuesday morning corporation type public traded as nasdaq tues industry retail founded 1974 headquarters dallas texas key people steven r becker ceo products gifts ; home accessories website tuesdaymorning.com tuesday morning corporation is an american upscale deep discount off price retailer specializing in domestic and international designer and name brand closeout merchandise . the company has stores across the united states . headquartered in dallas texas the chain traditionally has relied on direct marketing including mail and e mail but also advertises in newspapers . contents 1 history 2 products 3 references 4 external links history edit tuesday morning was established in 1974 . by 1998 it had grown to 330 stores operating in 35 states 1 and to 41 states and 441 stores by 2001 . 2 in june 2012 hedge fund becker drapkin management lp bought 6.6 % of the company s stock which allowed it to gain control of the board of directors . 3 on june 7 2012 the retailer announced that they had fired ceo kathleen mason due to criticism that the company was performing poorly under her direction . on the same day the company promoted michael marchetti to president and chief operating officer . marchetti also served as the interim ceo . 4 in may 2013 mason sued tuesday morning for discrimination claiming her termination occurred as a result of her breast cancer diagnosis . 5 6 a typical tuesday morning interior . this is the lamps department . mason was followed by brady churches as ceo who lasted six months on the job and was then replaced by michael rouleau as interim ceo in march 2013 before taking over as the permanent ceo in august 2013 . the company closed its online store in august 2013 . 7 at that time tuesday morning had 820 stores . on september 29 2015 michael rouleau announced that he was retiring as chief executive officer and a member of the company s board of directors . as a result of mr. rouleau s retirement tuesday morning created a new office of the chairman led by board chairman steven r. becker to support oversight of the company s strategic initiatives until appointing a new ceo as well as added a new lead independent director role held by board member terry burman . the office of the chairman also included mr. burman as vice chairman melissa phillips president and chief operating officer and phil hixon executive vice president store operations . the board also created a search committee and retained herbert mines associates a leading retail executive search firm to identify and evaluate both internal and external ceo candidates . 8 on december 14 2015 tuesday morning named steven r. becker the new chief executive officer . 9 3 products edit a store in hillsboro oregon tuesday morning focuses on closeout home goods . brands it sells include lenox denby pottery kitchenaid cuisinart steinbach wedgwood reed and barton breville madame alexander peacock alley and royal doulton among others . 3 references edit binole gina april 26 1998 . seaside sidesteps bend for newest nike factory outlet . portland business journal . retrieved 17 august 2014 . tuesday morning store opens in gresham . portland business journal . february 14 2001 . retrieved 17 august 2014 . a b c halkias maria november 9 2013 . tuesday morning ceo sees the company as a treasure . the dallas morning news . retrieved 17 august 2014 . kathleen mason fired as ceo of tuesday morning . 2012 06 07 . retrieved 7 june 2012 . former tuesday morning ceo sues over firing usa today may 17 2013 murray lance august 15 2013 . kathleen mason files discrimination suit against tuesday morning . dallas business journal . retrieved 17 august 2014 . abril danielle august 15 2013 . tuesday morning nixes online shopping site . dallas business journal . retrieved 17 august 2014 . michael rouleau retires as ceo of tuesday morning corporation . nasdaq . september 29 2015 . retrieved 29 september 2015 . halkias maria december 14 2015 . tuesday morning retail chain names its hedge fund investor steven becker to be ceo site . the dallas morning news . retrieved 14 december 2015 . external links edit dallas fort worth portal companies portal tuesday morning s official site retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title tuesday morning & oldid 743419637 categories discount stores of the united statescompanies based in dallasamerican companies established in 1974retail companies established in 19741974 establishments in texascompanies listed on nasdaqmadison dearborn partners companies 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 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