Burlington Coat Factory Has Record Expansion in Calendar Year 1999.BURLINGTON, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 30, 1999-- This was a year of aggressive growth for Burlington Coat Factory Burlington Coat Factory Warehouse Corporation is a national department store retailer focusing on clothing and shoes, with over 360 stores in 42 states (as of 2006). In early 2007, the first location to be opened in Canada will be at the Vaughan Mills mall in Toronto. . The company opened a record 27 new stores, expanded and/or remodeled 15 and relocated 5. The company's roots are in the Northeast; however, the recent growth has been targeted to the West, Southeast and Southwestern United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . This year, new stores were added in California (5), Maryland (4), New Jersey (5), Florida (3), and one each in the following states: Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Louisiana, Missouri Louisiana is a city in Pike County, Missouri, United States. The population was 3,863 at the 2000 census. Louisiana is located in northeast Missouri, on the Mississippi River south of Hannibal. An ammonia plant here was converted to study and produce synthetic fuels. , Nevada, North Carolina North Carolina, state in the SE United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), South Carolina and Georgia (S), Tennessee (W), and Virginia (N). Facts and Figures Area, 52,586 sq mi (136,198 sq km). Pop. , Ohio, Virginia and Texas, bringing the year-end total to 280. In many of the remodeled and expanded stores, the addition of new departments, such as Baby Depot, Linens, Gifts, Home Furnishings furnishings the extra type or quantity of hair on the head, tail, ears or legs, specified for a particular breed. For example, the feathers in setters, the beard in Bearded collies, the eyebrows in Schnauzers. and Shoes, as well as updated fixtures and improved lighting has resulted in increased sales. The company has experienced higher sales in mall stores, as compared to stores in strip centers, due to the increased foot traffic generated in malls. Of the 27 stores opened in calendar 1999, 11 are in malls, and 2 of the 5 stores that were relocated were moved to malls, bringing the total of stores located in malls to 74. The company has grown steadily since 1972 when the first store in Burlington, N.J. was acquired. Sales reached approximately $2.0 billion in the fiscal year, ending May 30, 1999. The URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. for Burlington Coat Factory's World Wide Web site is: http://www.coat.com or contact us directly at media.relations@coat.com. |
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