Ross Dress for Less | |
Company type | Public |
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Industry | Retail |
Founded | 1950 Pacifica, California, U.S. [1] |
Founder | Morris Ross Bill Isackson |
Headquarters | , U.S. |
Number of locations | |
Area served |
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Key people |
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Products | Clothing, footwear, bedding, bath, furniture, home decor, jewelry, beauty products, toys, appliances, housewares, and giftware. |
Revenue | US$14.89 billion (2018) [4] |
US$1.61 billion (2015) | |
US$1.02 billion (2015) | |
Total assets | US$4.87 billion (2015) |
Total equity | US$2.47 billion (2015) |
Number of employees | 88,100 (2019) |
Subsidiaries | dd's Discounts |
Website | |
Footnotes / references [5] |
Ross Stores, Inc., operating under the brand name Ross Dress for Less, is an American chain of discount department stores headquartered in Dublin, California. [6] It is the largest off-price retailer in the U.S.; as of 2023, Ross operates 1,765 stores in 45 U.S. states, the District of Columbia and Guam, [7] covering much of the country, but with no presence in New England, Alaska, and areas of the Midwest. [8] The company also operates DD's Discounts, a discount department store chain with over 300 locations across the United States, most of which are located in Sun Belt states. [9]
Ross Department Store was first opened in San Bruno, California, in 1950 by Morris "Morrie" Ross. Morris would work 85 hours a week doing all of the buying and bookkeeping for his department store. In 1958 Ross sold his store to William Isackson to become a residential and commercial real estate developer. [10] Isackson built the company to six stores, located in San Bruno, Pacifica, Novato, Vacaville, Redwood City, and Castro Valley. In 1982 a group of investors, including Mervin Morris, founder of the Mervyn's chain of department stores, purchased the six Ross Department Stores in San Francisco, changed the format to off-price retail units, and within three years rapidly expanded the chain to 107 stores under Stuart Moldaw and Don Rowlett. [11] [12] By the end of 1995 the chain reached an annual sales of $1.4 billion with 292 stores in 18 states. By 2012 Ross reached $9.7 billion for the fiscal year with 1,091 stores in 33 states with an additional 108 for DD's Discounts in 8 states. [13] Ross moved its headquarters from Newark to Pleasanton, California, in the Tri-Valley area, in 2003.
Barbara Rentler took the place of CEO Michael Balmuth on June 1, 2014; she was the 25th female CEO of a Fortune 500 company. [14] Ross moved its headquarters from Pleasanton to neighboring Dublin, California, in 2014. [15]
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Ross Dress for Less | |
Company type | Public |
| |
Industry | Retail |
Founded | 1950 Pacifica, California, U.S. [1] |
Founder | Morris Ross Bill Isackson |
Headquarters | , U.S. |
Number of locations | |
Area served |
|
Key people |
|
Products | Clothing, footwear, bedding, bath, furniture, home decor, jewelry, beauty products, toys, appliances, housewares, and giftware. |
Revenue | US$14.89 billion (2018) [4] |
US$1.61 billion (2015) | |
US$1.02 billion (2015) | |
Total assets | US$4.87 billion (2015) |
Total equity | US$2.47 billion (2015) |
Number of employees | 88,100 (2019) |
Subsidiaries | dd's Discounts |
Website | |
Footnotes / references [5] |
Ross Stores, Inc., operating under the brand name Ross Dress for Less, is an American chain of discount department stores headquartered in Dublin, California. [6] It is the largest off-price retailer in the U.S.; as of 2023, Ross operates 1,765 stores in 45 U.S. states, the District of Columbia and Guam, [7] covering much of the country, but with no presence in New England, Alaska, and areas of the Midwest. [8] The company also operates DD's Discounts, a discount department store chain with over 300 locations across the United States, most of which are located in Sun Belt states. [9]
Ross Department Store was first opened in San Bruno, California, in 1950 by Morris "Morrie" Ross. Morris would work 85 hours a week doing all of the buying and bookkeeping for his department store. In 1958 Ross sold his store to William Isackson to become a residential and commercial real estate developer. [10] Isackson built the company to six stores, located in San Bruno, Pacifica, Novato, Vacaville, Redwood City, and Castro Valley. In 1982 a group of investors, including Mervin Morris, founder of the Mervyn's chain of department stores, purchased the six Ross Department Stores in San Francisco, changed the format to off-price retail units, and within three years rapidly expanded the chain to 107 stores under Stuart Moldaw and Don Rowlett. [11] [12] By the end of 1995 the chain reached an annual sales of $1.4 billion with 292 stores in 18 states. By 2012 Ross reached $9.7 billion for the fiscal year with 1,091 stores in 33 states with an additional 108 for DD's Discounts in 8 states. [13] Ross moved its headquarters from Newark to Pleasanton, California, in the Tri-Valley area, in 2003.
Barbara Rentler took the place of CEO Michael Balmuth on June 1, 2014; she was the 25th female CEO of a Fortune 500 company. [14] Ross moved its headquarters from Pleasanton to neighboring Dublin, California, in 2014. [15]
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