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Premium Company Profile - Charming Shoppes, Inc.

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Report Summary

Introduction

Charming Shoppes’s has undertaken initiatives to streamline its business operations, which include decreasing capital expenditure, trimming underperforming stores, and realigning field management positions. These initiatives are expected to generate annual pre-tax savings of $20 million, related to reduction in non-store payroll and in losses related 150 underperforming stores.

Scope

  • Contains corporate strategy, value chain presence and SWOT Analysis
  • Provides detailed business description, segment analysis, 5-year financial trends, key products and key competitors
  • Includes information on suppliers/ partners, shareholding structure and key employees with biographies


    • Highlights

    Charming is a multi-channel, multi brand, specialty apparel retailer primarily focused on plus-size women's apparel. The company operates through two segments: retail stores, and direct-to-consumer.

    Charming operates in three segments of the value chain: wholesale (procurement of stock) operations and distribution (warehousing) and sales (physical stores operations, online sales and other channels) segment of the retail value chain.

    The company’s strategy focuses on increasing its market share of its core business through retail stores and direct-to-consumer segments. In line with the strategy, Charming has launched a new catalog, Lane Bryant catalog, and new store formats such as LANE BRYANT intimate apparel side by side.

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    • Table of Contents

    Overview 1
    Catalyst 1
    Summary 1
    Table of Contents 2
    tables 3
    Company Structure 4
    Company Overview and Key Facts 4
    Business Description 5
    Overview 5
    Retail stores 5
    Direct-to-consumer 5
    History 6
    Locations and Subsidiaries 7
    Head Office 7
    Other Locations and Subsidiaries 7
    Company Financials 8
    Overview 8
    Revenue by Division 8
    Products and Services List 9
    Major Products and Services List 9
    List of Brands 9
    Competitors and Strategic Business Relationships 10
    Key Competitors 10
    Suppliers/ Partners 10
    Shareholders 10
    Strategy 12
    Strategy 12
    Overview 12
    Streamlining business operations 12
    Improving market position 12
    Corporate Social Responsibility 13
    SWOT Analysis 14
    Overview 14
    Strengths 14
    Multiple delivery channels 14
    Leading market position 15
    Strong support infrastructure 15
    Weaknesses 15
    Lower returns and profit margins 15
    Geographic concentration 16
    Opportunities 16
    Streamlining business operations 16
    Developing retail stores and direct-to-consumer segment 17
    Growing demand for private label products 17
    Threats 17
    Counterfeit goods 17
    Intense competition 18
    Increasing rental rates in the US 18
    Value Chain Analysis 19
    Overview 19
    Wholesale 20
    Operations and Distribution 20
    Sales 20
    Key Employees 23
    List of Key Employees 23
    Key Employee Biographies 23
    Dorrit J. Bern 23
    William O. Albertini 24
    Yvonne M. Curl 24
    Pamela Davies 25
    Charles T. Hopkins 25
    Katherine M. Hudson 26
    M. Jeannine Strandjord 26
    Alan Rosskamm 27
    Joseph M. Baron 28
    James G. Bloise 28
    Michel Bourlon 28
    Anthony A. DeSabato 29
    Eric M. Specter 29
    Colin D. Stern 29
    Gale H. Varma 30
    Tim M. White 30
    Appendix 31
    Ask the analyst 31
    Datamonitor consulting 31
    Disclaimer 31
    List of Tables
    Table 1: Charming Shoppes, Inc. - Key Facts 4
    Table 2: Charming Shoppes, Inc. - Other Locations and Subsidiaries 7
    Table 3: Charming Shoppes, Inc. - Revenue by Division 8
    Table 4: Charming Shoppes, Inc. - List of Products 9
    Table 5: Charming Shoppes, Inc. - List of Brands 9
    Table 6: Charming Shoppes, Inc. - Key Competitors 10
    Table 7: Charming Shoppes, Inc. - Key Shareholders 10
    Table 8: Charming Shoppes, Inc. - SWOT Analysis Summary 14
    Table 9: Charming Shoppes, Inc. - Value Chain Analysis 19
    Table 10: Charming Shoppes, Inc. - Key Employees 23