Jos. A. Bank - Fashion Company Profile
Jos. A. Bank is the Baltimore-founded menswear retailer of 1905 - classically styled tailored clothing sold on heritage, workmanship and value - and since March 2014 a Tailored Brands company, the parent that emerged from Chapter 11 in 2020 and also owns Men's Wearhouse.
Company Snapshot
- Status
- Operating - a men's tailored and casual clothing retailer, a Tailored Brands banner alongside Men's Wearhouse, Moores and K&G
- Type
- Private - a subsidiary of Tailored Brands, Inc. since Men's Wearhouse acquired it in March 2014; Tailored Brands emerged from Chapter 11 in 2020 after eliminating about $686 million of debt
- Headquarters
- Fremont, California, United States (parent Tailored Brands is headquartered in Houston, Texas)
- Founded
- 1905, in Baltimore, Maryland, by Charles Bank and his grandson Joseph A. Bank
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Company Profile
Current suits, offers and store information are on Jos. A. Bank's own site, linked above; the shop box covers Jos. A. Bank products sold through Amazon and eBay. Its parent, Tailored Brands, filed Chapter 11 in August 2020 as formalwear demand fell, and emerged later that year with about $686 million of debt eliminated; Jos. A. Bank stores continue to trade nationwide. The earlier record - the heritage-and-value pitch and the full 2014 takeover story, in which Jos. A. Bank first bid for Men's Wearhouse and was then bought by it for about $1.8 billion - is kept in full on the history page.
The product centre of the filing is tailored clothing - the suit-and-sport-coat menswear tradition - balanced by casual clothing in the same classical style. This is not a fashion-forward pitch; classically styled is the deliberate opposite of trend-led, and the 20-to-30-percent price claim is aimed at the customer who knows what a competitor charges for comparable workmanship. The profile is written for that customer, and this rebuild preserves its claims exactly as recorded, including the over-100-years heritage as the company itself stated it.
Jos. A. Bank 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- its history, past brand line-ups, figures and photographs from the periods described - is kept on a separate page for historical reference.
Jos. A. Bank History & Historical Profile →Common Questions
Who owns Jos. A. Bank now?
Tailored Brands, Inc., the parent formed from Men's Wearhouse, which acquired Jos. A. Bank in March 2014 for about $1.8 billion. Tailored Brands emerged from Chapter 11 in 2020.
When was Jos. A. Bank founded?
In 1905 in Baltimore, Maryland, by Charles Bank and his grandson Joseph A. Bank; the family's tailoring roots go back to Charles Bank's 1866 arrival in Baltimore.
What does Jos. A. Bank sell?
Classically styled men's tailored clothing - suits, sport coats and dress clothing - balanced by casual clothing, footwear and accessories, with an emphasis on expert in-store service.
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