Cato Corporation - Fashion Company Profile
The Cato Corporation is a Charlotte, North Carolina value-fashion retailer founded in 1946, running the Cato chain of women's fashion stores - current styles at low prices, concentrated in smaller markets and shopping centres across the Southeast and Midwest - alongside its It's Fashion and It's Fashion Metro junior and family formats and the Versona accessories chain. It has stayed a regional, family-influenced business while national value chains consolidated around it.
Company Snapshot
- Status
- Operating - value fashion retailer of the US Southeast and Midwest
- Type
- Public - NYSE: CATO
- Headquarters
- Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
- Founded
- 1946, in Charlotte, North Carolina
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Company Profile
Cato's model is small-market depth: stores in towns the national chains serve thinly, with assortments bought close to season. How its divisions divide that market is set out in the profile section below.
The shared promise across both divisions is kept here in its full form: as a leading specialty retailer of women's fashions and accessories, the company is committed to offering high quality fashions at low prices every day. A photograph of Cato fashion from 2020 appears in the gallery below, and the company(?:'|')s own site is in the References. Store counts that follow belong to the historical filing, and current counts belong to the company's store locator, also in the References.
Cato Corporation History
The earlier record for this company - its history, past brand line-ups, figures and photographs from the periods described - is kept on a separate page for historical reference.
Cato Corporation History & Historical Profile →Common Questions
What are Cato Corporation's two divisions?
Cato, offering exclusive merchandise with fashion and quality comparable to mall specialty stores at low prices every day, and It's Fashion, focused on the latest trendy styles and nationally recognized urban brands for the entire family.
How many stores does each division operate, as recorded?
More than 1,000 Cato stores in 31 states, and more than 150 It's Fashion stores in 14 states, in the historical record; It's Fashion Metro is the third, full-family urban format.
What sizes does the Cato division carry?
Junior/misses and plus sizes, with jewelry, shoes and accessories, and new fashions every week at low prices every day, in the historical record.
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