1901 - Plus Size Business founded.
1941 - Mail Order portion of the business moved to Indianapolis, Indiana.
1983 - Company name was changed to Brylane when originally acquired by The Limited.
1993 - 60% of Brylane was purchased from The Limited by Freeman Spogli & Company, a prominent investment firm.
1997 - Brylane became a public company listed on the NYSE.
1998 - 47% of Brylane was acquired by Pinault-Printemps-Redoute (PPR), a catalog and retailing conglomerate based in France and traded on the French Stock Exchange.
1999 - PPR completed its acquisition of Brylane.
2004 - Eric Faintreny joins Brylane as Chairman and CEO. Brylane changes name to Redcats USA.
2005 - Pinault-Printemps-Redoute officially changes its name to become PPR
2006 - Redcats USA acquires The Sportsman’s Guide, and its subsidiary, The Golf Warehouse. Lane Bryant Catalog begins transition to new name, Woman Within. Launch of OneStopPlus.com – World’s first online plus-size fashion mall of its kind.
2007 - Redcats USA acquires United Retail Group (Avenue brand), which includes almost 500 stores in 37 states. Redcats USA sells missy apparel business (Chadwick’s, Metrostyle, CCO).
Redcats USA is affiliated to the following organisations :
- Direct Marketing Association
- National Association of Purchasing Managers
- American Society for Industrial Security
- Institute of Industrial Engineers
- American Foundry Society
- International Facility Managers Association
- Advanced Security International Worldwide
- American Association of Textile Chemists & Colonists
- NFP Corp for Mainframe & Distributed TWS Users
- Gravure Association of America (gravure printing)
- Resource Systems Inc (news service for paper)
- Abundant Forest Alliance (environmental issues regarding paper - energy and forest certification)
- Rainmakers - Networking group of Business Professionals and Vendors
- Marketing Leadership Council
- Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc.
- International Association of Privacy Professionals
- American Bar Association
- American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
- American Association of Occupational Health Nurses
- The French Institute Alliance
- Conseillers Du Commerce Exterieur De La France
- Association for Operations Management
- Warehouse Educational and Research Council
- Better Business Bureau, Metropolitan New York
- Better Business Bureau, Central Indiana
- Shop.org
- Public Relations Society of America
- International Customer Management Institute
- Society for Human Resource Management
- American Society for Training & Development
- Compensation & Benefits Professionals of Indiana
- American Payroll Association
- Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals