Are McCall's and MODE both focused on plus-size consumers?
51b413a4abdcd06f1d3efea38d91f1c8
McCall's McCall's was a monthly American women's magazine, published by the McCall Corporation, that enjoyed great popularity through much of the 20th century, peaking at a readership of 8.4 million in the early 1960s. It was established as a small-format magazine called The Queen in 1873. In 1897 it was renamed McCall's Magazine—The Queen of Fashion (later shortened to "McCall's") and subsequently grew in size to become a large-format glossy. It was one of the "Seven Sisters" group of women's service magazines. The McCall Pattern Company is the latest evolution of the brand name selling sewing patterns and publishing Vogue Patterns.
e6baafdad8a7a18b744735e33ade027e
MODE (magazine) MODE (stylized MO"D"E) was a fashion magazine aimed towards plus-size women which launched in the spring of 1997. The magazine was praised for targeting the plus-size consumer with a "Vogue"-like fashion philosophy. "MODE" also helped to increase the growth of the plus-size industry and the caliber of plus-size clothing and advertising. In 1997, "MODE" was named the best new magazine launch by Ad Week and Advertising Age. "MODE" also ran model search competitions in conjunction with the Wilhelmina modeling agency, drawing entries from thousands of hopefuls from the US and Canada. Its circulation was approximately 600,000 at the time of its demise in October 2001.
a49f7fab3f9dbfd4293483fa808794f4
Esquire Network Esquire Network was an American digital cable network that was a 50/50 joint venture between NBCUniversal and the Hearst Corporation. The network carried programs aimed at a metrosexual audience centering on travel, cooking, sports and fashion, along with reruns of popular sitcoms and dramas.
b123f53af4052b40e437ccf427d9c5b8
Abby Z. Abby Z. is a contemporary plus size design label founded by Abby Zeichner in 2004. The company specializes in runway designs for women sizes 12 through 24.
aad2bafd56c2513bb26a2b4f03ee750c
Bodybuilding.com Bodybuilding.com is an American online retailer based in Boise, Idaho, specializing in dietary supplements, sports supplements, and bodybuilding supplements. It is one of the Internet's most-trafficked health and fitness websites, with over 1 million daily visitors.
c7360b428d96f127a0f630975ff5f8b7
Amway Amway (short for "American Way") is an American company specializing in the use of multi-level marketing to sell health, beauty, and home care products. The company was founded in 1959 by Jay Van Andel and Richard DeVos and is based in Ada, Michigan.
51e78f79d58fe896af9c5ee8506b4c06
McCall College McCall College (McC) is an American private college located in McCall, Idaho. It primarily serves Valley County, Adams County and Idaho County. McCall also serves as a destination college for students from the Pacific Northwest.
1cd76699fa9381f8ea06a01fc3269b72
Peter Millar (company) Peter Millar is a premium American lifestyle brand founded in 2001 with a single cashmere sweater and has expanded to a wide range of casual sportswear, tailored dress furnishings, and luxury and performance golf attire for men and women. The company maintains its headquarters in Raleigh, North Carolina, and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Compagnie Financière Richemont SA.
6cf71df44cc812f9d47f15d855961c75
Avenue (store) Avenue Stores LLC is a specialty retailer in the United States, offering plus-size clothing. The company serves a target audience of women aged between 25 and 55 years of age, wearing apparel sized 14 or larger. The group operates five-hundred stores in 37 states, all under the name The Avenue.
26f00761252d682c34b9c2789f06cdfe
Big Beautiful Woman "Big Beautiful Woman" (commonly abbreviated as BBW) is a euphemism for an overweight woman. The terms "Big Beautiful Women" and "BBW" were coined by Carole Shaw in 1979, when she launched "BBW Magazine", a fashion and lifestyle magazine for "plus-size" women.
9476d9ed824a4685be24179ed8e38895
Smith &amp; Hawken Smith & Hawken was a garden lifestyle brand that operated retail stores, direct mail and e-commerce in the United States. On July 10, 2009, it was announced that all Smith & Hawken stores would cease operation. Smith & Hawken stores were located in upscale retail locations in 22 states.
51e19a2b403ed41e0cf85001f97ab01c
5-7-9 5-7-9 is a low to mid-end fashion retailer, commonly found in malls throughout the continental United States and Puerto Rico, and formerly Hawaii. It is a sister company to Rainbow Shops. The chain offers mid to low-priced fashions for young teens and young women between 13 and 22 years of age. The store's name refers to the junior miss clothing sizes the store specializes in.
537d19dae18a098ea60acfe01800c309
TJ Maxx TJ Maxx (often stylised as T•j•maxx) is an American department store chain, selling at prices generally lower than other major similar stores. It has more than 1,000 stores, making it one of the largest clothing retailers in the United States.
ca2d837bc2994a7c242b03fb96fb4986
Metro Magazine Metro Magazine is a trade magazine for bus and rail transit and motorcoach operators, published in the United States since 1904, taking its current name in 1975. It is published monthly, except for July and December, by Bobit Business Media. The magazine is headquartered in Torrance, California.
931f18ef2cf434d2e525bdaaa679e3fe
Mitchum Mitchum is a brand of antiperspirant-deodorant, launched in 1970 by Revlon. It was widely known for its marketing slogan, "So effective you can skip a day". The slogan has been dropped since 2007.
d970e6a00060d5aac3ac82a069f5a2cd
Lifestyle store A lifestyle store is a retail store selling a wide variety of product categories under a single brand. It is designed to associate a brand with one or another aspirational lifestyle. Lifestyle stores may include clothing, housewares, furniture, stationery, gifts, and so on.
7815a257fcae4f76331a7392a3756bc6
Digest size Digest size is a magazine size, smaller than a conventional or "journal size" magazine but larger than a standard paperback book, approximately 5+1/2 x , but can also be 5+3/8 x and 5+1/2 x . These sizes have evolved from the printing press operation end. Some printing presses refer to digest-size as a "catalog size," such as that used by Avon Products when selling house to house. The digest format was considered to be a convenient size for readers to tote around or to leave on the coffee table within easy reach.
42b6e8d5d7b9a413c51e8f369ca47e0c
M6 Boutique &amp; Co M6 Boutique & Co is a French shopping television channel owned and operated by the M6 Group.
08b652811d3d63ce78064b47fd05179c
Aéropostale (clothing) Aéropostale, Inc. (occasionally known as AERO) is an American shopping mall-based specialty retailer of casual apparel and accessories, principally targeting ages 14-to-17-year-old men and women through its Aéropostale stores although adults 18 and up wear the clothing as well and 4-to-12-year-old children through its P.S. from Aéropostale stores. Aéropostale maintains control over its proprietary brands by designing, sourcing, marketing and selling all of its own merchandise. The company operates 773 Aéropostale stores in the U.S. (spanning all 50 states and Puerto Rico). P.S. from Aéropostale operates 26 stores in 12 U.S. states. Aéropostale's licensees operate 239 Aéropostale and P.S. from Aéropostale locations in the Middle East, Asia, Europe, and Latin America.
a119e206fd1dc26e1eeb84fbf327a74e
Bonmarché Bonmarché ( ) is a clothing retailer based in Wakefield, West Yorkshire. The business was founded in 1982, and was acquired by the Peacock Group in July 2002. The clothing retailer has over 380 stores nationwide, employs over 4,000 people and is the United Kingdom's largest budget fashion retailer selling womenswear in a wide range of sizes – especially plus size clothing.
18a938131b446ed931d341a26b42a207
Rogers Plus Rogers Plus was a brand name for the retail operations of Rogers Communications. It was formed in early 2007 from the merger of the Rogers Wireless chain of telecommunications stores previously operated by InterTAN under licence from Rogers, and the company-owned Rogers Video chain of video rental stores. Rogers retired the Rogers Video and Rogers Wireless brand names from its stores and re-branded them as Rogers Plus.
c90f8b727f18593676139ec9c2b2eac3
Westwood Square Mall Westwood Mall is a major shopping centre located in the Mississauga neighbourhood of Malton, Ontario. The square is located off Goreway Drive and Morning Star Drive, approximately 1.25 km west of Highway 427. The 425,000 sqft mall is small compared to other shopping centres in the area such as the Woodbine Centre, Sherway Gardens, and the Bramalea City Centre. Despite its size, Westwood Mall contains major retailers such as Walmart, Shopper's Drug Mart, and Subway. On the north side of the mall is a 64,000 sqft transit terminal with fifteen operational platforms servicing the cities of Brampton, Mississauga, and Toronto.