s quality standards . no cleanup reason has been specified . please help improve this article if you can . june 2010 learn how and when to remove this template message reitmans ltd. type public traded as tsx ret industry women s clothing stores founded montreal quebec canada 1926 founders herman reitman sarah reitman headquarters montreal quebec canada key people jeremy h. reitman stephen f. reitman number of employees 10 000 2010 1 website www.reitmanscanadalimited.com reitmans in markville shopping centre in markham ontario . reitmans ltd. is a canadian retailing company specializing in women s clothing . it was founded in 1926 by herman and sarah reitman in montreal quebec canada . the immediate success of the first store on saint lawrence boulevard boulevard saint laurent prompted the reitmans to open a second store which sold exclusively women s clothing . at the end of january 2015 reitmans operated 823 stores organized into seven operating chains reitmans 341 stores smart set 94 stores r.w. & company 76 stores thyme maternity 68 stores penningtons 139 stores and addition elle 105 stores . the company operates stores in every province and territory in canada . 2 for the fiscal year of 2015 net earnings were 13 415 000 on sales of 939 376 000 . see annual report and filings on the tsx contents 1 motto 2 officers 3 reitmans divisions 4 references 5 external links motto edit reitmans motto is fits your beautiful changed from designed for real life . in fall 2004 reitmans used this slogan to advertise saying life is a catwalk . have fun with it . 3 officers edit jeremy reitman currently serves as chairman of the board and chief executive officer stephen reitman as president walter lamothe as president retail & chief operating officer eric williams as vice president finance and chief financial officer allen rubin as vice president operations and isabelle oliva as vice president human resources . reitmans divisions edit reitmans operates 750 stores organized into 5 operating chains aimed at different market segments . 4 reitmans is canada s largest women s clothing speciality chain . there are 364 reitmans stores with stores in all ten provinces and two of canada s three territories . smart set caters to women aged 25 to 35 . the chain offers a range of styles from workwear to activewear to casual clothing . there were 107 smart set stores with stores in all ten provinces . reitmans announced in 2014 that the brand would be shuttered and all its stores would be closed or renamed by the end of 2015 . 5 r.w. & company caters to men and women aged 25 to 40 . it is the only chain in the reitmans group that caters to both women and men . there are 67 rw & co stores with stores located in every province except prince edward island . penningtons caters to plus sized women . the chain offers career casual clothing underwear and accessories . there are 161 penningtons stores with stores located in all ten provinces . thyme maternity caters to pregnant women . there are 75 thyme maternity stores with stores in every province except newfoundland and prince edward island . addition elle addition elle is for plus sized women . references edit a b company profile for reitmans canada limited ca ; ret.a . retrieved 2008 10 09 . reitmans 2015 annual report http www.reitmans.com pdf flyer e.pdf numbers of stores in and locations for stores in each chain taken from the reitmans 2011 annual report and are current to january 29 2011 . smart set stores set to vanish as part of reitmans restructuring . cbc news . 2014 11 25 . retrieved 2014 11 25 . external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to reitmans . reitmans corporate website reitmans store website v t e reitmans subsidiary companies addition elle penningtons thyme maternity cassis rw & co. smart set v t e morningstar national bank qu bec companies of canada august 4 2016 metro inc. snc lavalin dollarama national bank of canada saputo inc. bce inc. canadian national cgi group alimentation couche tard power corporation of canada power financial corporation gildan valeant pharmaceuticals cae inc. industrial alliance wsp global bombardier quebecor cominar transforce semafo air canada amaya inc. stella jones inc. osisko gold royalties ltd prometic life sciences inc. jean coutu group laurentian bank of canada cogeco communications richelieu hardware innergex renewable energy aimia uni select transcontinenal dorel industries boralex valener inc. richmont mines inc brp lassonde industries knight therapeutics mty food group yellow pages limited cascades h roux devtek canam group cogeco inc. fiera capital stornoway diamond tso3 lumenpulse inc. reitmans new look vision group transat a.t. btb reit retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title reitmans & oldid 739705962 categories morningstar national bank qu bec indexcompanies listed on the toronto stock exchangecompanies established in 1926clothing retailers of canadacompanies based in montrealhidden categories articles needing cleanup from june 2010all articles needing cleanupcleanup tagged articles without a reason field from june 2010wikipedia pages needing cleanup from june 2010pages using infobox company with unsupported parameterscommons category template with no category setcommons category without a link on wikidata 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 16 september 2016 at 12 51 . 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