Cato Corp. CATO

What this company does

The Company operated 1,069 fashion specialty stores at January 31, 2026, in 31 states, principally in the southeastern United States, under the names Cato, Cato Fashions, Cato Plus, It's Fashion, It's Fashion Metro and Versona. As of January 31, 2026, it employed approximately 6,700 full-time and part-time associates. The Cato concept's stores and e-commerce website feature a broad assortment of apparel and accessories, including dressy, career and casual sportswear, dresses, coats, shoes, lingerie, costume jewelry and handbags. The Versona concept's stores and e-commerce website offer apparel items, jewelry and accessories. The Company has two reportable segments, Retail and Credit. It offers its own credit card, which accounted for 3.3% of retail sales in fiscal 2025. The Company originated as a family-owned business and made its first initial public offering of stock in 1968; in 1980 it went private, and in 1987 it again conducted an initial public offering.

Written from the business description in CATO CORP's annual report to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, filed 25 March 2026. Every sentence was checked against that document before publication.