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Under Rosen's direction, the company "spends more than any
Canadian retailer on its employee training...on the nuances of designer fashion, including the art of 'clothesmanship' – that is, determining the right garment for a man's body shape". Staff are also provided training on how "to manage client
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In the fall of 2008, Harry Rosen unveiled an expansion of the Bloor Street flagship location in
Toronto that represented the largest capital investment ever made by the company. This major storewide renovation added two new stories to the building, providing five floors of retail space within 50,000
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After working in a clothing store, Harry Rosen and his brother Lou opened a small made-to-measure store on
Toronto’s Parliament Street with a $ 500 down payment. By 1961, success allowed them to relocate to larger premises closer to their clientele on Richmond Street in Toronto’s Financial District.
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Larry Rosen, Harry’s eldest son, joined the company in 1984, and after stints in store operations and buying, he became president and chief operating officer in 1997. Larry became chairman and chief executive officer in 2010, succeeding Harry who remained with the company as an advisor until his
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in exchange for two suits - one for him and one for his art director, Reid Bell. Burkhoff and Bell developed the extremely successful "Ask Harry" campaign. This campaign featured provocative text with simple, yet eye-catching, graphics in a
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presented Harry Rosen with its first Retail
Marketer of the Year Award. Harry Rosen then introduced the award-winning newspaper ad campaign featuring such celebrities as David Cronenberg, Norman Jewison, Christopher Plummer, Remy Shand, Rick Mercer and more in 1996.
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lists, how to assess a client's needs, how men shop in general, and how to build and maintain long-term relationships with clients". Consequently, the stores have a large number of long-term employees.
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National growth began in 1981, when Harry Rosen opened the first store outside of
Toronto at West Edmonton Mall. During this time, Harry Rosen began signing exclusive deals with top designers in
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chain of 17 luxury men's clothing stores. A privately owned company, Harry Rosen accounted for 40 percent of the
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square feet (4,600 m). The chain’s flagship store at TD Square in
Calgary is also doubling its size, and a second store was added in suburban Calgary at
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and the United States to sell their menswear in Canada. Many top designers still sell exclusively at Harry Rosen, with Tom Ford as the most recent addition.
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With little retailing in this area, skeptics criticized the move, but the store soon becomes a destination for customers from across
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magazine was launched. With two issues a year, this men’s lifestyle magazine covers fashion advice and offers readers guidance in many areas of their life.
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