The owner of Men's Wearhouse has an e-commerce fulfillment center and 2,000 employees in the Houston area.

A significant portion of Tailored Brands Inc.’s operations is in Houston, so the men’s apparel group had to make some adjustments to ensure business ran smoothly during Hurricane Harvey.

Tailored Brands has an e-commerce distribution center in Houston and 2,000 employees who work in the city in varying capacities, CEO Doug Ewert told analysts on the company’s Q2 2017 earnings call Thursday. Tailored Brands is the parent company of The Men’s Wearhouse Inc., No. 112 in the Internet Retailer 2017 Top 500.

Much of the Houston area suffered damage and severe flooding as a result of the Category 4 hurricane that hit the Texas coast on Aug. 25 with 130 mph winds. Ewert said Hurricane Harvey didn’t have a substantial impact on business, and operations were back to normal in less than a week.

“Wedding tuxedos were delivered from other distribution centers, e-commerce orders were fulfilled directly from stores and customer service stayed online throughout the storm,” he said, according to a transcript from Seeking Alpha. “I am extremely proud of all of our employees who stepped up during the storm. Not only did they maintain the continuity of our business, but they also supported our employees whose lives were and are still being disrupted by Hurricane Harvey.”

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Tailored Brands chief financial officer Jack Calandra told analysts that the company is estimating around a $4 million financial impact resulting from Hurricane Harvey, including “approximately $2 million for potential uninsured losses.” Tailored Brands did not immediately return a request for comment seeking clarification on what that statement meant.

To better engage online shoppers, Tailored Brands last month began testing a tool called Look Finder on its Men’s Wearhouse and Jos. A. Bank brand websites. Shoppers answer a few questions about what they are looking for and then the tool makes recommendations based on their answers.

“In just a few weeks since launch, tens of thousands of customers have completed the experience online, and we’re encouraged by the high completion rate,” Ewert said. “We’re working on further omnichannel initiatives to enhance e-commerce, online to offline and in-store experience that we will tell you about on future calls.” Ewert did not say what percentage of shoppers who used Look Finder then bought something online. Tailored Brands does not break out online sales in its quarterly earnings reports.

For the fiscal second quarter ended July 29, Tailored Brands reported:

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  • Total retail sales of $793.0 million, down 4.5% from $830.2 million during the same time last year.
  • A comparable sales gain in its retail segment, including e-commerce, of 0.1%, compared with a 2.1% decline.
  • Net earnings of $58.5 million, compared with $25.0 million.

For the first six months of 2017, Tailored Brands reported:

  • Total retail sales of $1.518 billion, down 4.9% from $1.596 billion during the same time last year.
  • A comparable sales decline, including e-commerce, of 1.1%, compared with a 4.5% decline.
  • Net earnings of $60.3 million, compared with $26.6 million.
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