JoS. A. Bank Clothiers, Inc., NASDAQ: JOSB (commonly pronounce "Joseph A. Bank"), is a men's clothing designer and retailer founded in 1905 and headquartered in Hampstead, Maryland. As of October 2007, it has 400 retail locations in the United States, in 42 states and the District of Columbia. The exact name of the company as specified in its corporate charter is, in fact, JoS. A. Bank Clothiers, Inc. including the unusual abbreviation of the name Joseph with the S capitalized.