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Short Pump U

Al Harris February 3, 2010 3

Another for-profit private university is cropping up in Short Pump, leasing more than 50,000 square feet at the former S&K Menswear warehouse.

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S&K to auction customer list, other IP

Aaron Kremer October 19, 2009 0

Streambank will again be coming to Richmond to sell off the intellectual properties of a now defunct retailer, this time S&K Menswear's leftovers, including a list of 2.5 million customers.

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Startup sprouts from S&K ruins

Aaron Kremer August 27, 2009 8

Three former S&K Menswear employees are trying to take the S&K model and run it online. They’ve packed a 3,000-square-foot warehouse with men’s dress clothes and invested $150,000 in the startup.

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Former S&K chief suited for new job

Aaron Kremer August 26, 2009 0

The former chief executive of S&K Menswear has found a new home as the president of locally based RetailData. Joe Oliver, a California native, tells BizSense that his few years at S&K were instructive,

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Day one at S&K’s GOB sale

David Larter May 21, 2009 0

At 1:30 today, around 15 to 20 shoppers cruised through S&K Menswear on Broad Street looking for bargains. Most left the store with several items on this, the first day of the chain’s going

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S&K To Liquidate

Aaron Kremer May 21, 2009 0

Just like Circuit City before it, at the end of its corporate life no other company was interested in buying S&K Famous Menswear and trying to turn it around. The company was founded in

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More empty stores at area malls

Al Harris April 22, 2009 3

Dozens more retailers have disappeared from local malls in the past six months. About 15 percent of the storefronts in Richmond’s six largest malls are vacant

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S&K Menswear files Chapter 11 Bankruptcy

Aaron Kremer February 9, 2009 8

Richmond-based men’s clothier  S&K Famous Brands, Inc has filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection in an effort to get out of leases, trim costs, and prevent further erosion of vendor confidence. The company lists

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CFO and CAO leave S&K

Aaron Kremer July 29, 2008 0

Long-time S&K Menswear CFO Bob Knowles has left the company. Controller and Senior Vice President & Chief Accounting Officer Janet L. Jorgensen has also left the company. Knowles was with the company for more

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