Cato Fashion History

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They have over 678 stores in the United States.The person who first started it his name is Wayland H.Cato Jr.In 1922 he got married to his wife named Annie Derham.After working for 23 years and the Company operated its women's fashion specialty retail stores in 33 states as of January 28, 2017, principally in the southeastern of the United States.Another thing about Cato Fashions would be that The founder of it has a school named after him that is in Charlotte,North Carolina.It is called the Wayland H. Cato, Jr. School of Education that has over a million members. Another thing is that The University of Wyoming has a scholarship fund called Marion and Wayland H Cato Jr. Endowed Scholarship Fund.The weirdest thing about this though …show more content…

They are located in Charlotte,North Carolina.They have made over $476.2 million and has about 8,595 Employees.Cato Fashions has been Around for 95 years and about 10 years ago they started to remodel the stores.They have over 31 stores located in the United

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