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By Rod Bacon<\/p>\nBy Rod Bacon<\/p>\n
A haberdashery that has kept men looking their best for over 60 years has a new location.<\/p>\n
J. Reid Menswear is now at 174 Glen Street in Glens Falls, two doors away from where they\u2019ve served customers for the past five years.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s important that I stay on Glen Street,\u201d said owner Jeffrey Ives. \u201cThis store is a small business that specializes in serving the community.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ives purchased the multi-story building, formerly the local office of Albany-based Aeon Nexus Corporation, for $750,000. He worked with Leslie D\u2019Angelico and Zane Smith at Arrow Financial Corporation on the small business loan. His real estate agent was Christine McKee of Hunt Real Estate ERA. Improvements were done by Argyle-based StraightUp Concrete & Renovations, owned by Jack Ash.<\/p>\n
The menswear company was founded in 1965 by Seymour Segan as Jonathan Reid, named after his son. The store was first located in Queensbury\u2019s Northway Plaza. In 1975, he opened a store in Saratoga Springs\u2019 Pyramid Mall and later moved the original store to the Aviation Mall. Throughout the 1980s and \u201890s he expanded to 12 stores in New York, Vermont and Massachusetts. Segan retired in 1994 and turned the business over to his son, who downsized it to focus on the Glens Falls and Saratoga Springs markets.<\/p>\n
\u201cWithin six months of starting work I knew I was going to buy it,\u201d said Ives, who joined the company in 2000. \u201cI didn\u2019t know when and I didn\u2019t know how, but I knew I was going to. So I started keeping a log of everything that worked and everything that didn\u2019t. I did that for fifteen years so the day I bought it I was ready.\u201d<\/p>\n
<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span>In August 2015, he purchased the business for $160,000. He first closed the Saratoga Springs store, saying he had built up a strong following among men who wanted his expertise when it came to dressing for success.<\/p>\n \u201cI was essentially competing against myself,\u201d he said. \u201cPeople in Saratoga were coming to Glens Falls looking for me.\u201d<\/p>\n While he has five employees, Ives does all the buying for the store. He carries men\u2019s suits and accessories with labels like Maxman, Manzini Uomo, Mantoni, London Fog and Florsheim, and stays abreast of changing fashion trends. Over the years he has added chinos, jeans and sweaters for customers wanting a more casual look. Suits cost between $295 and $795. Shirts and ties run around $50 and shoes around $140.<\/p>\n Ives takes pride in the fact that customers get personal attention, and he has trained his staff to emulate his approach to customer service.<\/p>\n \u201cSome of my customers don\u2019t know exactly what they\u2019re looking for so we collaborate and I make suggestions based on what he needs the clothing for, the price, and quality of the garments,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n While he and his staff custom fit purchases, master tailor Karen Hamel, who has been with the company for 40 years, does all alterations on-site. The store also offers tuxedo rentals through Tuxedo By Sarno, of Scranton, Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n \u201cI probably rent 2,500 tuxes a year,\u201d Ives said.<\/p>\n He also has them for sale through one of the companies from which he gets his suits.<\/p>\n For years, J. Reid Menswear was the official clothier of Siena University\u2019s men\u2019s basketball coaching staff. When head coach Jamion Christian took a job at Bryant University in Rhode Island, he continued to patronize the shop.<\/p>\n \u201cI drive to Rhode Island and suit up his staff,\u201d Ives said.<\/p>\n Ives believes in giving back to the community that has supported him through the years. He donates to the Adirondack Thunder, the Charles R. Wood Theater, the Adirondack Theater Festival and The Open Door Mission. He is positive about the future of Glens Falls.<\/p>\n \u201cI think the city has experienced a great revitalization over the past several years,\u201d he said. \u201cThere is a commitment to bringing businesses back to downtown.\u201d<\/p>\n As for the future, he has no immediate plans to grow beyond his Glen Street store but hasn\u2019t ruled anything out.<\/p>\n \u201cI think there are opportunities south of Glens Falls, and I might explore them later,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Ives, who grew up in Fort Edward, earned a degree in psychology from Siena University and later a graduate degree from The College of St. Joseph in Rutland, Vermont. In addition to operating the menswear shop he collaborates with the New York State Department of Corrections doing psychological evaluations of inmates.<\/p>\n For further information about how J. Reid Menswear can help you dress for success, log on to jreidmenswear.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By Rod Bacon A haberdashery that has kept men looking their best for over 60 years has a new location. J. Reid Menswear is now at 174 Glen Street in Glens Falls, two doors away from where they\u2019ve served customers for the past five years. \u201cIt\u2019s important that I stay on Glen Street,\u201d said owner […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":41378,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-news"],"yoast_head":"\r\n