We are a brand new apparel company, selling shirts primarily. We have
a moderate price point, would be selling primarily to Men's
departments, and are of a patriotic nature. As we are now in the
process of obtaining contracts, we are interested in obtaining as big
a list as possible of well matched retailers that we could call upon.
We are looking for contact info (telephone is fine) with purchasers..
If you have a list that is of significant size, we certainly would raise the bid...

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Request for Question Clarification by thx1138-ga on 28 May 2003 10:51 PDT

Hello jaz and thank you for your question.

I have found a website that lists many stores that sell mens apparel. 
The format of the information is:

Name of store....Store Telephone no......Street
Address...Town..State..Code

The list is very large, and lists the stores by state/area code.  To
give you an idea of the size of the list, I copied only the first 4
pages in to an Excel spread sheet (there are about 140 pages in total)
and there were 457 stores listed.  I would estimate there are more
than 6000 stores listed throughout the USA.  The website describes
them as "Men's Clothing Stores"

Is the format of information suitable for your needs?

Very best regards

THX1138

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Clarification of Question by jaz-ga on 28 May 2003 15:26 PDT

Ideally we are looking for a list of purchasing contact numbers.
However, a concise list of Men's apparel companies and their main
contacts could suffice, as we can call them and inquire further..

Hello jaz and thank you for your question and subsequent
clarification.
 
The website I refer to above is http://www.gy.com/biz/448110/index.htm
as you can see it sorts men's clothing stores by state/code.

I suspected that you were seeking the "buying departments" of men`s
clothing stores, hence my request for clarification, but my research
provided no such results.  However,
http://www.gy.com/biz/448110/index.htm I think will be very valuable
to you in your venture, and I think that my estimate of 6000 stores
was very conservative.
 
Good luck in your new venture, and if you need any clarification or
further help, do not hesitate to ask for clarification.
 
Very best regards
 
THX1138
 
Search strategy included:
"mens wear stores"
://www.google.com/search?hl=pt&ie=ISO-8859-1&as_qdr=all&q=%22mens+wear+stores+%22&btnG=Pesquisa+Google&lr=

I should say, the true rating will be better placed after I have made
some phone calls, but so far so good :)