{"id":2744,"date":"2013-03-27T13:50:39","date_gmt":"2013-03-27T17:50:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom.chainstoreguide.com\/?p=2744"},"modified":"2013-03-27T13:50:39","modified_gmt":"2013-03-27T17:50:39","slug":"company-snapshot-rue-21-inc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/2013\/03\/company-snapshot-rue-21-inc\/","title":{"rendered":"Company Snapshot: Rue 21 Inc."},"content":{"rendered":"

Address:
\n<\/strong>800 Commonwealth Dr\u00a0 Ste 100
\nWarrendale, PA 15086<\/p>\n

Telephone:
\n<\/strong>724-776-9780<\/p>\n

Internet Homepage:
\n<\/strong>www.rue21.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Total Current Stores:
\n<\/strong>900<\/p>\n

Total 2012 Sales:
\n<\/strong>$901,900,000<\/p>\n

Trading Areas:
\n<\/strong>AL, AK, AZ, AR, CA, CO, CT, DE, DC, FL, GA, ID, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, ME,
\nMD, MA, MI, MS, MO, MN, MT, NE, NV, NH, NJ, NM, NY, NC, OH, OK, OR, PA,
\nSC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VT, VA, WV, WI, WY<\/p>\n

Senior Executives:
\n<\/strong>Robert Fisch, President and CEO
\nRobert Thomson, Senior VP Real Estate<\/p>\n

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Rue 21 stores offer apparel and accessories for juniors and young men. The company was founded in 1976. If you are wondering where rue21 got it\u2019s name, according to the company\u2019s website \u201crue\u201d comes from the French word for \u201cstreet\u201d while \u201c21\u201d represents the age that everyone wants to be.<\/p>\n

The teen retailer opened more than 500 stores in the last five years. The company expects to open a total of 125 new stores in 2013, and has opened 23 stores so far. \u00a0The company\u2019s long-term plan is to grow the chain to more than 1,700 stores in the United States. An average Rue 21 store is 4,500 sq. ft.<\/p>\n

Found in Chain Store Guide\u2019s database of Apparel Specialty Stores<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, the company is 52nd<\/sup> in the Index of Leading Apparel Companies<\/em> <\/strong>ranked by industry sales. The family retailer saw a 19% increase in sales and unit count in it\u2019s most recent fiscal year. With it\u2019s growth history and it\u2019s low prices the company is sure to excel in the future.<\/p>\n

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