Mass Merchandisers & Off-Price Apparel Buyers

2009-10 Edition

ISBN (print edition): 978-0-87228-546-0                          Available: March 27, 2009

ISBN (CD-ROM edition): 978-0-87228-547-7

ISSN: 1532-7191

Mass Merchandisers & Off-Price Apparel Buyers 2009-2010 (Mass Merchandisers and Off-Price Apparel Buyers)

100⁺ new listings

ü      Listings in this edition profile over 3,000 retail companies in the U.S. and Canada, which allow the user to reach all purchasers of off-price apparel. The following retailer categories are included:

§         Discount Stores

§         Outlet Stores

§         Department Stores with an off-price focus

§         Membership Warehouse Clubs

§         Army/Navy Surplus Stores

§         Convenience Stores

§         Dollar Stores

§         Drug Store Chains

§         Supermarket and Grocery Store Chains

§         General Merchandise and Variety Stores

§         Wholesale Jobbers

§         Hypermarkets

§         Mail Order Companies with an off-price focus

§         Online Retailers with an off-price focus

§         Military Post Exchanges

§         Rack Jobbers

§         Screen Printers

§         Direct Sellers via Television with an off-price focus

§         Leased Department Operators

ü      Contact Information for more than 6,500 off-price apparel buyers and executives. Allows users to reach all the buyers in a company, not just one.

ü      Listings include all the information necessary to create a targeted sales pitch or other marketing effort, including the following data elements: contact names & titles (including owner(s), executives, G.M.M.s, D.M.M.s, buyers), merchandise bought, street & P.O. Box addresses, phone & fax numbers, website address, corporate e-mail address, retail location, sales volume, type of store, and number of stores.

ü      Indexed 3 Ways (Online Retailers, Jobbers, Alphabetical)

ü      Buyers listed represent the following merchandise lines:

§         Men’s and Boys’ Wear (including clothing, sportswear, furnishings, big & tall men’s wear, T-shirts, headwear, outerwear, hosiery, boys’ wear 8-20, and accessories)

§         Women’s Wear (including ladies’, misses’ and junior clothing, sportswear, furnishings, dresses, coats, suits, plus-size clothing, maternity, T-shirts, hosiery, intimate apparel, and accessories)

§         Infants’ to Teens’ Wear (including infants’ and toddlers’ apparel, girls’ wear 3 to 14, pre-teens’ and teens’ apparel, boys’ wear 3-7)

§         Footwear (including men’s, women’s and children’s casual shoes, dress shoes, athletic footwear, work shoes, boots, slippers and sandals)

§         Store Displays, Fixtures and Supplies (including mannequins, lighting, shelving, hangers and security systems)

ü       CD-ROM can be used in the following programs to fit all marketing needs, including call campaigns, mailing labels and direct mail:

§         Access (.mdb file)

§         ACT  (.dbf file)

§         Comma Separated Values (.csv file)

§         Excel (.xls file)

§         DBase (.dbf file)

§         Text (.txt file)