Moores the Suit People, Corp. ( operating as 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 Fremont, ...

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,

family-owned A family business is a commercial organization in which decision-making is influenced by multiple generations of a family, related by blood or marriage or adoption, who has both the ability to influence the vision of the business and the willingn ...

store in

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in the

Greater Toronto Area The Greater Toronto Area, commonly referred to as the GTA, includes the City of Toronto and the regional municipalities of Durham, Halton, Peel, and York. In total, the region contains 25 urban, suburban, and rural municipalities. The Greater T ...

, 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

Tailored Brands 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 Fremont, ...

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

Etobicoke Etobicoke (, ) is an administrative district of, and one of six municipalities amalgamated into, the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Comprising the city's west-end, Etobicoke was first settled by Europeans in the 1790s, and the municipalit ...

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

DeVito/Verdi DeVito/Verdi is an American-based advertising and public relations company, headquartered in New York City, formed in 1993 by partners Sal DeVito and Ellis Verdi when founding partner and Creative Director, John Follis, left Follis/DeVito/Verdi t ...

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,

MW Tux MW Tux was a division of Men's Wearhouse clothier that specialized in the renting of tuxedos and formal wear for men. In late 2008, the MW Tux Brand was rolled up into the Men's Wearhouse brand, and ceased being an independent brand. Men's Wear ...

, 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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