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Hancock Fabrics is a specialty retailer of crafts and fabrics based in Baldwyn, Mississippi, United States. Hancock Fabrics operates 266 stores in 37 states under the Hancock Fabrics name.〔(Hancock Fabrics Investor Overview )〕 ==History== The company, founded in 1957 in Tupelo, Mississippi by Elaine and Lawrence Doyce (L.D.) Hancock, started out as a cost-efficient retail store and offered a greater selection of merchandise to its customers at lower prices.〔(Hancock Fabrics, Inc. -- Company History )〕 By 1971, when Lucky Stores bought Hancock Fabrics, the chain owned 81 stores and had 265 additional franchise stores in 19 states.〔Claudia H. Deutsch, ("Lawrence Doyce Hancock, 85, Entrepreneur and Philanthropist" ), ''New York Times'', October 29, 1998. Retrieved May 7, 2015.〕 In 1985, it acquired Minnesota Fabrics based in Charlotte, North Carolina, which operated over one hundred stores under the names Minnesota Fabrics and Fabric Warehouse. Lucky Stores demerged Hancock in 1987, floating it as a public company. By 1992, the company was one of seven major retail piece-goods chains operating 482 stores in the United States.〔 On March 21, 2007, Hancock Fabrics announced it would file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.〔(Hancock Fabrics Files for Chapter 11 Reorganization )〕 The company closed 104 stores and emerged from bankruptcy in August 2008.〔 In 2014, Hancock announced plans to take the company private,〔("Miss.-based Hancock Fabrics plans to go private" ), Associated Press in ''The Washington Times'', April 26, 2014.〕 then withdrew the proposal.〔 〕〔("Hancock Fabrics drops plan to go private" ), WAPT, August 6, 2014. Retrieved May 7, 2015.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hancock Fabrics」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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