Talbots - Fashion Company Profile
Talbots is the Hingham, Massachusetts women's classic retailer founded in 1947 by Nancy and Rudolf Talbot - the store with the red door - owned by Sycamore Partners since its 2012 buyout took it private.
Company Snapshot
- Status
- Operating - several hundred stores in the U.S. and Canada, its catalog and talbots.com
- Type
- Private - owned by Sycamore Partners since August 7, 2012 (acquired for approximately $391 million including net debt); previously NYSE: TLB
- Headquarters
- Hingham, Massachusetts, United States
- Founded
- 1947 in Hingham, Massachusetts, by Rudolf and Nancy Talbot
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Company Profile
Talbots today is a private, women-led brand selling modern classic women's clothing, shoes and accessories through its stores, its long-running catalog and talbots.com, with the omnichannel blending - order in store, ship home - that carried it through a decade of specialty-retail contraction. J. Jill, its sister brand in the record below, has been a separate company since 2009. The full dated record - the fiscal 2006 two-brand portrait and the August 2012 Sycamore acquisition notice - is kept on this profile's history page.
The 2006 profile describes the Talbots formula in detail. Its assortment for women featured modern classic styles in apparel, shoes and accessories - head-to-toe wardrobing for work, weekend and special occasions - sold through a family of concepts: Talbots Misses, Talbots Petites, Talbots Woman, Talbots Woman Petites and Talbots Collection, plus Talbots Kids for children and Talbots Mens for classic sportswear. Together the Talbots and J. Jill brands served women in the fast-growing 35+ population through an extensive range of sizes and distinct yet complementary styles.
Talbots 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- its history, past brand line-ups, figures and photographs from the periods described - is kept on a separate page for historical reference.
Talbots History & Historical Profile →Common Questions
Who owns Talbots?
Sycamore Partners, the New York private equity firm, which completed its acquisition of The Talbots, Inc. on August 7, 2012, in a transaction valued at approximately $391 million including net debt, and took the company private.
When and where was Talbots founded?
In 1947 in Hingham, Massachusetts, by Nancy and Rudolf Talbot. Their first shop, in a colonial frame house famous for its red door, is still the company's hometown; headquarters remain in Hingham.
Does Talbots still own J. Jill?
No. Talbots acquired The J. Jill Group on May 3, 2006, and operated it alongside Talbots - 239 J. Jill stores at the end of fiscal 2006 - but sold the brand in 2009. J. Jill is a separate company today.
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