Talbots to Test Men’s Line

Hingham, MA–Women’s and children’s apparel cataloger/retailer Talbots may enter the men’s market in late 2002 or 2003. In a March 14 conference call to Wall Street analysts, Talbots said it was exploring testing a men’s line of apparel. The company says it is researching who its core customer would be and what kind of apparel he would want.