http://www.richmondbizsense.com Richmond's Homepage For Business News Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:51:01 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2010/02/03/short-pump-u/ http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2010/02/03/short-pump-u/#comments Wed, 03 Feb 2010 11:59:29 +0000 Al Harris http://www.richmondbizsense.com/?p=15375 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. ]]> http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2010/02/03/short-pump-u/feed/ 3 http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/10/19/sk-to-auction-customer-list-other-ip/ http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/10/19/sk-to-auction-customer-list-other-ip/#comments Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:58:05 +0000 Aaron Kremer http://www.richmondbizsense.com/?p=12459 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. ]]> http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/10/19/sk-to-auction-customer-list-other-ip/feed/ 0 http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/08/27/startup-sprouts-from-sk-ruins/ http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/08/27/startup-sprouts-from-sk-ruins/#comments Thu, 27 Aug 2009 11:14:44 +0000 Aaron Kremer http://www.richmondbizsense.com/?p=10924 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. ]]> http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/08/27/startup-sprouts-from-sk-ruins/feed/ 8 http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/08/26/former-sk-chief-suited-for-new-job/ http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/08/26/former-sk-chief-suited-for-new-job/#comments Wed, 26 Aug 2009 10:52:21 +0000 Aaron Kremer http://www.richmondbizsense.com/?p=10879 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, especially at the end, but he’s happy to be at a growing business. And check back tomorrow for a BizSense story about a new startup founded by other displaced S&K executives. ]]> http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/08/26/former-sk-chief-suited-for-new-job/feed/ 0 http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/05/21/legit-bargains-at-sk-menswear-blowout-sale/ http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/05/21/legit-bargains-at-sk-menswear-blowout-sale/#comments Thu, 21 May 2009 20:26:27 +0000 David Larter http://www.richmondbizsense.com/?p=7760 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 out of business sale]]> http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/05/21/legit-bargains-at-sk-menswear-blowout-sale/feed/ 0 http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/05/21/short-pump-based-sk-announces-plans-to-liquidate-stores/ http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/05/21/short-pump-based-sk-announces-plans-to-liquidate-stores/#comments Thu, 21 May 2009 11:00:22 +0000 Aaron Kremer http://www.richmondbizsense.com/?p=7715 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 1967 by two brothers who found a niche selling quality men’s clothes at a good price, but that niche evaporated as fewer men bought suits and the lower-end marketplace became more cutthroat. Plus, a brief Q&A with former CEO Joseph Oliver. ]]> http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/05/21/short-pump-based-sk-announces-plans-to-liquidate-stores/feed/ 0 http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/04/22/more-empty-stores-at-area-malls/ http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/04/22/more-empty-stores-at-area-malls/#comments Wed, 22 Apr 2009 11:14:52 +0000 Al Harris http://www.richmondbizsense.com/?p=6755 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]]> http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/04/22/more-empty-stores-at-area-malls/feed/ 3 http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/02/09/sk-menswear-files-chapter-11-bankruptcy/ http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/02/09/sk-menswear-files-chapter-11-bankruptcy/#comments Mon, 09 Feb 2009 11:25:23 +0000 Aaron Kremer http://www.richmondbizsense.com/?p=4291 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 assets of $41,440,100 and debts of $35,499,000 (not including operating leases). There will be a hearing at 2:00 today in Richmond. ]]> http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/02/09/sk-menswear-files-chapter-11-bankruptcy/feed/ 8 http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2008/07/29/cfo-and-cao-leave-sk/ http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2008/07/29/cfo-and-cao-leave-sk/#comments Tue, 29 Jul 2008 16:17:03 +0000 Aaron Kremer http://www.richmondbizsense.com/?p=3052 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 than 25 years. S&K announced last week that it was cutting 50 local jobs. CEO Joseph Oliver could not be reached ]]> http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2008/07/29/cfo-and-cao-leave-sk/feed/ 0