Ames Watson is acquiring the retailer’s U.S. and Canada stores with an eye on young shoppers raised on e-commerce and social ...

Like a neglected ear piercing, Claire’s locations across the country — Oregon included — are closing up. The mall mainstay and teen accessories retailer, known best for its role in piercing the ears ...

Claire's — the ear-piercing, glittery tween mall staple — is once again on the brink of survival. The chain on Wednesday filed for bankruptcy protection for the second time in seven years. It is ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Mall-based teen accessories retailer Claire’s, known for helping to usher in millions of teens into an important rite of passage — ear piercing — but now struggling with a big debt ...

NEW YORK – Mall-based teen accessories retailer Claire's, known for helping to usher in millions of teens into an important rite of passage — ear piercing — but now struggling with a big debt load and ...

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