Hartmarx History
Earlier company descriptions, brand line-ups, store counts and photographs from the history of Hartmarx, kept for historical reference.
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The Company Description of Its Time
The first line of this filing is its status, and this rebuild keeps it first. Hartmarx (HMX) was sold to Authentic Brands Group, and what follows in the historical record is explicitly kept below for historical reference. That framing matters: the long, proud history on this page describes the company as it presented itself, not a current trading business. Within that frame, the claim is a large one - a proud 100-year tradition of quality, innovation, style and customer service, described as both the foundation of past success and the company's chief distinction, across branded tailored clothing, contemporary sportswear and women's apparel.
Depression, War Production and America's First Name in Tailored Clothing
The middle chapters are told briskly. Hart Schaffner & Marx survived the Great Depression and went to war twice, turning over its plants for U.S. uniform production. In the 1950s and 1960s the company conquered new fronts, making its first major acquisitions, pioneering the celebrity endorsement with brands including Jack Nicklaus, and building its reputation as, in its own phrase, America's First Name in Tailored Clothing. In 1983 the company changed its name to Hartmarx to reflect its diverse holdings, with Hart Schaffner & Marx remaining a flagship label - the corporate name shortening while the founding name stayed on the suits.
The kept material around the history shows the group the directory reader was meant to explore: shop routes to Hickey-Freeman, Hart Schaffner Marx, Sansabelt, Coppley and Misook, with Austin Reed, Simply Blue, Starington and Zooey also named in the historical record's shop list, alongside Apparel Search routes to men's tailored clothing wholesalers, tailored clothing manufacturers, Hartmarx financial information and news, the Authentic Brand Group filing, and two dated 2007 news articles - Hartmarx Tailored to Upscale, posted September 21, 2007, and the acquisition of upscale sportswear brand Monarchy, posted August 16, 2007. The historical record's photograph of the business as it looked in 2007 is carried by reference in the gallery on this page.
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