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{{Infobox_Company |

  company_logo   = [[Image:Zale_logo.png|134px]] |

  company_name  = Zale Corporation |

company_logo = [[Image:Zale_logo.png|150px|Zale Corporation logo]] |

  company_type   = [[Public company|Public]] ([[NYSE]]: [http://www.nyse.com/about/listed/lcddata.html?ticker=ZLC ZLC])|

company_slogan = ''Zales: The Diamond Store'' |

  company_slogan = Zales: The Diamond Store|

company_type = [[Company_Type:=Public|[[Public Company|Public]]]] ([[Exchange:=NYSE|[[New York Stock Exchange|NYSE]]]]: [[Symbol:=ZLC|[http://www.nyse.com/about/listed/lcddata.html?ticker=ZLC ZLC]]]) |

   foundation    = [[1924]] ([[Wichita Falls, Texas]])|

genre = |

  industry      = [[Retailing]]|

foundation   = [[Year_Started:=1924|[[1924]]]], incorporated [[1924]] |

  location       = [[Irving, Texas]]|

founder = |

   key_people    = Betsy Burton, President & CEO<br/>George Mihalko, CFO |

location   = {{flagicon|US}} [[City:=Irving|[[Irving]]]], [[State_Name:=Texas|[[Texas]]]], [[Country_Name:=United States|[[United States|USA]]]] |

  revenue         = {{gain}}$2.4 billion [[United States dollar|USD]] ([[2006]])|

key_people   = [[Key_Person1:=Robert J. Dinicola|[[Directory:Robert J. Dinicola|Robert J. Dinicola]]]], [[Key_Person1_Title:=Chair]]<br> [[Key_Person2:=Betsy Burton|[[Directory:Betsy Burton|Betsy Burton]]]], [[Key_Person2_Title:=CEO]]<br> [[Key_Person3:=Rodney Carter|[[Directory:Rodney Carter|Rodney Carter]]]], [[Key_Person3_Title:=CFO]] |

  operating_income = {{loss}}$90.7 million [[United States dollar|USD]] ([[2006]])|

  net_income       = {{loss}}$54.5 million [[United States dollar|USD]] ([[2006]])|

products    = [[Directory:Zale Corporation/Products|See complete products listing]] |

  num_employees = 16,300|

revenue   = {{profit}}[[United States dollar|US$]][[Revenues:=2400000000|2.4 billion]] (2006)<ref name="morningstar">{{cite web|url=http://quicktake.morningstar.com/Stock/Income10.asp?Country=USA&Symbol=ZLC&stocktab=finance&pgid=qtqnnavfinstate |title=ZLC Stock Report |accessdate=2006-12-08 |publisher=[[Morningstar, Inc.]]}}</ref> |

  homepage      = [http://www.zalecorp.com/ www.zalecorp.com]|

operating_income = {{profit}}US$80.6 million (2006)<ref name="morningstar"/><br/> (3.3% [[operating margin]]<ref name="reuters">{{cite web|url=http://www.investor.reuters.com/business/BusCompanyOverview.aspx?ticker=ZLC&target=%2fbusiness%2fbuscompany%2fbuscompfake%2fbuscompoverview&cotype=1M |title=ZLC: Company Overview |accessdate=2006-12-08 |publisher=[[Reuters]] }}</ref>)|

net_income   = {{profit}}US$[[Net Income:=51300000|51.3 million]] (2006)<ref name="morningstar"/><br> (2.1% [[profit margin]]<ref name="reuters"/>)|

num_employees = [[Employees:=16300|16,300]] (2005) {{cite web|url=http://www.hoovers.com/zale/--ID__16301--/free-co-factsheet.xhtml |title=Zale Corporation information and related industry information from Hoover's |accessdate=2006-12-08 |publisher=[[Hoover's]]}}</ref>  <ref name="hoovers"/> |

owner = |

contact = [[Legal_Name:=Zale Corporation]]<br>[[Address:=901 West Walnut Hill Lane]]<br>Irving, [[State_Code:=TX]]&nbsp; [[Country_Code:=US]]&nbsp; [[Zip:=75038]]-[[Plus4:=0000]]<br>[[Phone:=972.580.4000]]&nbsp;&nbsp;[[Fax:=972.580.5547]]<br>[[Web:=www.zalecorp.com|[http://www.zalecorp.com www.zalecorp.com]]]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[[Email:=ir@zalecorp.com|[mailto:ir@zalecorp.com Email]]]|

reference = [[Year End]]: [[Year End:=0731|[[July/31]]]]<br>[[DUNS]]: [[DUNS:=na]]<br>[[CIK]]: [[CIK:=na]]<br>[[NAICS]]:[[NAICS_Code1:=44831]]&nbsp;[[NAICS_Code2:=33991]] |

}}

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'''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}}) 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.