Ann Taylor (NYSE: ANN) is an American group of specialty apparel retail chain stores for women, headquartered in New York City, (7 Times Square Tower, New York, NY 10036). The stores offer classic styled suits, separates, dresses, shoes and accessories. The brand is marketed under three divisions, Ann Taylor, Ann Taylor LOFT, and Ann Taylor Factory. The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), nicknamed the Big Board, is a New York City-based stock exchange privately-owned by the NYSE Group (NYX). ... (See also List of types of clothing) Introduction Humans often wear articles of clothing (also known as dress, garments or attire) on the body (for the alternative, see nudity). ... Drawing of a self-service store. ... Chain stores are a range of retail outlets which share a brand and central management, usually with standardised business methods and practices. ... Nickname: Big Apple, Gotham, NYC, City That Never Sleeps, The Concrete Jungle, The City So Nice They Named It Twice Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs The Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens Staten Island Settled 1676 Government  - Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area...

The first Ann Taylor store (Store 0001) was opened in 1954 in New Haven, Connecticut. "Ann Taylor" was the name of a best-selling dress at the founder's father's store. Both the best-selling dress and the name "Ann Taylor" were given from a father to his son for good luck. Nickname: The Elm City Location in Connecticut Coordinates: NECTA New Haven Region South Central Region Settled 1638 Incorporated (city) 1784 Consolidated 1895 Government Type Mayor-board of aldermen  - Mayor John DeStefano, Jr. ...

Companywide, as of December 19, 2006, Ann Taylor has 964 stores consisting of: 350 Ann Taylor stores, 551 Ann Taylor LOFT stores, and 63 Ann Taylor Factory stores. December 19 is the 353rd day of the year (354th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ...

Divisions

Ann Taylor, is a chain of clothing stores for women, offering "the essence of modern classic style, with fashion that is versatile, polished, refined; from work to weekend, day to evening." Ann Taylor stores compete in the "better" category, with clothing targeted at more affluent career women. Ann Taylor was founded in 1954.

Ann Taylor LOFT, established in 1996 as an extension of the original Ann Taylor brand, offers more relaxed fashions for work and home, in the "upper moderate" priced category, offering style and value to customers.

Ann Taylor Factory, offers clearance merchandise from Ann Taylor at significantly reduced prices, as well as unique Ann Taylor Factory merchandise.

Ann Taylor LOFT Factory (concept), slated for Summer 2008 rollout. Plans detail a LOFT-based factory environment, similar to the current Ann Taylor Factory stores, with reduced priced LOFT merchandise and unique LOFT Factory merchandise.

Special Collections

Ann Taylor Celebrations, is a signature collection featuring dresses, wraps, sashes, shoes, and bags designed for life's finest moments, and special occasions. Each piece in the Collection is dyed to match, head to toe. At this time, the Celebrations collection is ONLY available online or at one of the following five stores:

600 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois
199 Boylston Street, Chestnut Hill, MA
The Mall at Short Hills, Short Hills, NJ
645 Madison Avenue, New York, NY
King-Of-Prussia Plaza, King Of Prussia, PA
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Ann Taylor Beauty, consisting of fragrance and bath and body products, that will be available in all Ann Taylor stores beginning late 2007 or early 2008.

Ann Taylor LOFT Maternity (name TBD), slated for Summer 2007 rollout, the LOFT maternity line will be available in select stores and online.

Flagship stores

Ann Taylor has four flagship locations:

The three Ann Taylor flagship stores are located:

• Store 0362 - 645 Madison Avenue in New York City
• Store 0399 - 240 Post Street in San Francisco, California
• Store 0547 - 600 North Michigan Avenue in Chicago, Illinois

The Company also has an Ann Taylor LOFT flagship store: Madison Avenue, looking north from 40th Street Madison Avenue is a north-south avenue in the borough of Manhattan in New York City that carries northbound one-way traffic. ... Nickname: Big Apple, Gotham, NYC, City That Never Sleeps, The Concrete Jungle, The City So Nice They Named It Twice Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs The Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens Staten Island Settled 1676 Government  - Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area... Nickname: The City by the Bay; Fog City; The City; Baghdad by the Bay Location of the City and County of San Francisco, California Coordinates: Country United States of America State California City-County San Francisco Government  - Mayor Gavin Newsom Area  - City  47 sq mi (122 km²)  - Land  46. ... The Michigan Avenue Bridge across the Chicago River. ... Flag Seal Nickname: The Windy City Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location Location in Chicagoland and northern Illinois Coordinates , Government Country State Counties United States Illinois Cook, DuPage Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 606. ...

• Store 1614 - 1459 Broadway at Times Square in New York City

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External links

• Ann Taylor website
• Ann Taylor LOFT website
• Ann Taylor Celebrations website