citi trends is a value-priced retailer of urban fashion apparel, shoes, accessories and home décor for the entire family. our merchandise offerings are designed to appeal to the preferences of fashion & value conscious consumers. our goal is to provide nationally recognized branded merchandise at discounts off department and specialty stores’ regular prices of 20% to 70%. citi trends buyers source merchandise from over 1600 vendors to deliver quality fashion product at outstanding value for our customers. in may 2005, citi trends became a publicly traded company on the nasdaq exchange with the symbol ctrn. citi trends'​ headquarters are located in savannah, georgia. in addition to the corporate office in savannah, we have one distribution center in darlington, south carolina and another in roland, oklahoma. we have buying offices in new york city and los angeles. we operate 515 stores in 31 states and employ approximately 4500 people.