Talk:Bugle Boy

Is Bugle Boy still available in stores today or is it out-of-business?

Family Dollar Stores still carry Bugle Boy clothes from time to time. I assume that another company bought the brand name and is using it. PClyde (talk) 14:37, 5 June 2012 (UTC)PClyde

Major sourcing update and corrections (June 2026)

I've substantially revised this article using contemporary press and reference sources. Summarizing the changes and sourcing here for transparency:

• Founding and name history: The company was founded in 1977 as Buckaroo International, Inc., and renamed Bugle Boy Industries in 1980 (Notable Asian Americans via Encyclopedia.com; Los Angeles Times). The previous lead's "founded by Vincent Nesi and William Mow in 1977" conflated this. Mow was the founder and chairman; Vincent Nesi was president and ran the New York sales office, holding about a 10% stake that Mow later bought out to become sole owner (Los Angeles Times, April 13, 1993; Goldsea).
• Sales figures: Actual annual sales peaked around $500 million — the company earned roughly $44 million on $500M+ in the fiscal year ending April 1990 (Los Angeles Times). The widely repeated "$1 billion" was Mow's publicly stated goal, not achieved revenue, and has been reframed accordingly.
• Bankruptcy and sale: Filed for Chapter 11 on February 1, 2001 with more than $100 million in debt (about $75M owed to a Foothill Capital/General Electric Credit syndicate). Mow resigned the week before, an interim CEO oversaw the liquidation, and the entity was renamed Bluegrass Liquidating Corp. In March 2001, after a 22-round auction, Schottenstein Stores Corp. bought the Bugle Boy trademark, accounts receivable and wholesale inventory for $68.6 million, outbidding Perry Ellis International (opening bid ~$44M) and Tropical Sportswear International ($52M for the trademark alone). (Wall Street Journal, August 21, 2001; Los Angeles Times, February 2, 2001; Associated Press via The Ledger.) Note: an earlier draft circulating elsewhere stated a "$54 million Perry Ellis offer"; the WSJ figure is ~$44M.

Primary/reliable sources added: Wall Street Journal (Leung, 2001); Los Angeles Times (Dickerson & Goldman, 2001; Lee, 1993); the Goldsea "GoldSea 100" entrepreneur profile; Encyclopedia.com (reprinting Notable Asian Americans and the International Directory of Company Histories); just-style.

Happy to discuss any specific change or provide copies of the cited articles. Stekwick (talk) 04:18, 15 June 2026 (UTC)