Moores the Suit People, Corp. (

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Moores Clothing for Men) is a Canadian company specializing in business clothing and

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for men. It is an affiliate of

Men's Wearhouse Tailored Brands, Inc. is an American retail holding company for various men's apparel stores, including the Men's Wearhouse and Jos. A. Bank brands. The company is headquartered in Houston, Texas, with additional corporate offices in Dublin ...

in the United States. The company's ad slogan is "Well Made, Well Priced, Well Dressed".

History

The company was established in 1980 as a single,

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store in

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in the

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, with 12 employees.About Moores
" ''moorsclothing.ca''. Retrieved 2022 August 21. Its founders were Martin Prosserman and David Moore, who, as a minority shareholder, was bought out in 1982. In 1999, the Moores Retail Group was acquired by American-based The Men’s Wearhouse, Inc. (renamed

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in 2016). Today, Moores has 126 retail locations situated all over

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and employs over 1200 people. Its current headquarters are in the

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district of

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. In September 2008, Men's Wearhouse selected the New York advertising agency

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to handle its national advertising and marketing communications account, as well as marketing for Moores and Men's Wearhouse's retail brands. The assignment called for the agency to provide full service marketing support and to develop strategic planning, advertising, public relations, market planning, promotions, and P-O-S programs. In addition to the Men's Wearhouse brand, DeVito/Verdi handled marketing for the company's other retail brands: K&G,

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, as well as new projects in development. In 2014, Moores was named as one of that year's "Best Workplaces in Canada" by ''

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''. In 2018, Moores was said to be the "largest provider of

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and suit rentals in Canada." In August 2020, Moores' parent company, Tailored Brands, filed for bankruptcy. MooresClothingForMen

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