please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . learn how and when to remove these template messages the topic of this article may not meet wikipedia s notability guidelines for companies and organizations . please help to establish notability by citing reliable secondary sources that are independent of the topic and provide significant coverage of it beyond its mere trivial mention . if notability can not be established the article is likely to be merged redirected or deleted . find sources cavender s news newspapers books scholar jstor free images june 2009 learn how and when to remove this template message this article needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . january 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message learn how and when to remove this template message cavender s type private industry retail founded pittsburg texas usa 1965 headquarters tyler texas usa number of locations 70 store locations in 8 states key people james cavender founder joe cavender president mike cavender vp of operations clay cavender vp of merchandising products western wear clothing cowboy boots hats belts buckles home d cor etc. number of employees 1 600 website www.cavenders.com cavender s is a family owned and operated western wear retail chain based in tyler texas . more than 70 stores offer traditional and modern style hats boots clothing and home d cor . founded by james r. cavender in 1965 cavender s stores are located in texas oklahoma louisiana arkansas missouri kansas colorado and new mexico . the stores operate under the titles cavender s boot city and cavender s western outfitter according to regional location . contents 1 history 2 business 3 references 4 external links history edit in 1957 james r. cavender opened a little burger joint called the dairy hart in the small east texas town of pittsburg . eight years later cavender decided to open a clothing store cavender & smith s. a year later cavender bought out his partner renamed the store as cavender s. by the mid seventies there were 5 cavender s stores and by 1981 the name was changed to cavender s boot city today it is called cavender s western outfitter outside of texas . in 1983 cavender s began to open more stores in the dallas fort worth metroplex and in 1986 opened its first of 11 houston stores . today cavender s retail chain has more than 70 stores in 8 states 48 of them spread across texas . cavender s stores have also opened in louisiana arkansas oklahoma missouri kansas colorado and new mexico . cavender s is led by james cavender s eldest son joe who serves as president of the company . joe cavender s brothers mike and clay cavender are also involved mike cavender is in charge of site selection and clay cavender oversees store design and merchandising . business edit the stores carry a large selection of well known western brands . cavender s busiest times come annually during the fall back to school season as well as during the ft. worth san antonio and houston livestock shows and rodeos held january through march . references edit rossetti ellen . clay cavender . the north texan . retrieved 21 july 2014 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title cavender % 27s & oldid 732159050 categories online retailers of the united statescompanies established in 1957companies based in tyler texasclothing retailers of the united statesprivately held companies based in texashidden categories articles with topics of unclear notability from june 2009all articles with topics of unclear notabilityarticles needing additional references from january 2015all articles needing additional references 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 30 july 2016 at 01 18 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view