▁Tal b ots ▁store ' s ▁door ▁red , ▁which ▁remains ▁a ▁tra dem ark ▁of ▁Tal b ots ▁stores ▁up ▁to ▁the ▁present ▁day .: ▁ ▁Nancy ▁and ▁Rudolf ▁opened ▁three ▁new ▁stores ▁in ▁Connecticut ▁and ▁Massachusetts ▁during ▁the ▁next ▁ 1 0 ▁years ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁target ▁female ▁consum ers ▁who ▁were ▁re loc ating ▁to ▁the ▁sub ur bs ▁following ▁World ▁War ▁II . ▁Rudolf ▁Tal bot ▁focused ▁on ▁expand ing ▁the ▁Tal b ots ▁company , ▁while ▁Nancy ▁worked ▁as ▁the ▁company ' s ▁bu yer , ▁purch asing ▁agent ▁and ▁held ▁cre ative ▁control ▁over ▁the ▁mer ch and ise . ▁They ▁gradually ▁dropped ▁their ▁men ' s ▁and ▁children ' s ▁cl othing ▁lines ▁to ▁focus ▁exclus ively ▁on ▁women ' s ▁app arel . ▁ ▁The ▁Tal b ots ▁sold ▁their ▁company , ▁along ▁with ▁its ▁four ▁existing ▁stores ▁at ▁the ▁time , ▁to ▁General ▁M ills ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 3 . ▁Nancy ▁Tal bot ▁remained ▁at ▁Tal b ots ▁as ▁a ▁vice ▁president ▁until ▁her ▁ret irement ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 3 . ▁By ▁the ▁time ▁she ▁retired , ▁Tal b ots ▁had ▁grown ▁to ▁approximately ▁ 3 0 ▁stores ▁with ▁a ▁catalog ▁circul ation ▁of ▁more ▁than ▁ 1 0 ▁million ▁copies ▁per ▁year . ▁As ▁of ▁ 2 0 0 9 , ▁Tal b ots ▁had ▁ 5 8 6 ▁locations ▁and ▁more ▁than ▁$ 1 . 5 ▁billion ▁in ▁re venue . ▁ ▁Her ▁husband , ▁Rudolf ▁Tal bot