− | '''Zale Corporation''' ({{NYSE|ZLC}}) is the largest specialty [[retailer]] of fine [[jewelry]] in [[North America]], operating over 2,300 retail locations (which includes both kiosks and stores) throughout the [[United States]], [[Canada]], and [[Puerto Rico]].<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.zalecorp.com/company/company2.aspx| title=Zale Corporation: Our History| author=Zale Corporation| publisher=corporate homepage| accessdate=2006-09-17| year=2005}}</ref> Zale Corporation is comprised of several diffenent business units: Zales Jewelers, Zales Outlet, Gordon's Jewelers, Bailey Banks & Biddle, Peoples Jewellers (in Canada), Mappins Jewellers (in Canada), Piercing Pagoda (a kiosk chain, focusing on gold chains, charms, and bracelets), and Internet-based enterprises, Zales.com and Baileybanksandbiddle.com. | + | '''Zale Corporation''' ({{NYSE|ZLC}}) claims to be the largest specialty [[retailer]] of fine [[jewelry]] in [[North America]], operating over 2,300 retail locations (which includes both kiosks and stores) throughout the [[United States]], [[Canada]], and [[Puerto Rico]].<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.zalecorp.com/company/company2.aspx| title=Zale Corporation: Our History| author=Zale Corporation| publisher=corporate homepage| accessdate=2006-09-17| year=2005}}</ref> Zale Corporation is comprised of several diffenent business units: Zales Jewelers, Zales Outlet, Gordon's Jewelers, Bailey Banks & Biddle, Peoples Jewellers (in Canada), Mappins Jewellers (in Canada), Piercing Pagoda (a kiosk chain, focusing on gold chains, charms, and bracelets), and Internet-based enterprises, Zales.com and Baileybanksandbiddle.com. |