Local tuxedo chain gets hitched to bridal gown design business

LOVELAND – Early in his career as owner of Mister Neat’s Formalwear, Mark Burke ventured into the bridal gown business with the short-lived Nancy Ann Bridal store.

“I swore I would never do it again,” Burke recalled.

Some 20 years later, Burke’s had a change of heart.

Burke, who has built Mister Neat’s to 20 stores on the Front Range, making him the toast of the tuxedo rental business in Colorado, has returned to the bridal gown business.

This time, he thinks he has the right fit.

The Loveland-based company recently purchased Novia by Kellie, a bridal gown business that was previously a division of…