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County Seat – founded in 1973, the denim-focused mall retailer expanded in the 1980s to nearly 500 stores. It filed for bankruptcy in 1996 and shuttered stores, and another bankruptcy in 1999 put the company out of business. [55] Cygnet Shops – women's fashion store that closed in 1975
In the late 1980s, Forbes Magazine named Gantos one of the fastest growing women's specialty retailers in the country, and by early 1993 the company grew to a peak of 163 stores. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] However, in late 1993, the company announced bankruptcy reorganization, closing 50 stores between 1993 and 1994. [ 4 ]
Pages in category "Companies that filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 1980" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Joan & David was a U.S. shoe retailer owned by Joan Helpern and her husband, David Helpern.. In 1967 Helpern and her husband decided to start their own shoe company. [1] They specialized in high-fashion women's shoes, [2] although their line also included handbags and other accessories. [1]
The bankruptcy followed a judgement awarding Main Line Pictures $8,100,000 against her for walking away from the movie Boxing Helena. [151] The case was eventually settled for $3,800,000. [148] [151] The bankruptcy was later converted to Chapter 7. [152] [150] [149] Her assets included a large portion of the town Braselton, Georgia. [152] Fife ...
The history of bankruptcy law in the United States refers primarily to a series of acts of Congress regarding the nature of bankruptcy.As the legal regime for bankruptcy in the United States developed, it moved from a system which viewed bankruptcy as a quasi-criminal act, to one focused on solving and repaying debts for people and businesses suffering heavy losses.
Timeline of former nameplates merging into Macy's. Many United States department store chains and local department stores, some with long and proud histories, went out of business or lost their identities between 1986 and 2006 as the result of a complex series of corporate mergers and acquisitions that involved Federated Department Stores and The May Department Stores Company with many stores ...
Goetz was appointed a United States Bankruptcy Judge in 1978, [9] becoming the first woman to serve as Bankruptcy Judge in New York's Eastern District. [3] Her chambers were in Happauge, New York. [16] In the early 1990s, Goetz oversaw the bankruptcy proceedings of Braniff International Airways, which had filed under Chapter 11 in August 1991. [16]