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Dress Barn closing

gidgetgh — Tue, 21 May 2019 00:40:20 GMT

Closing all 650 stores. Just read it on Facebook. USA Today’s page I think.

And another one goes.

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Spurt — Tue, 21 May 2019 00:54:36 GMT

@gidgetgh wrote:
Closing all 650 stores. Just read it on Facebook. USA Today’s page I think.

And another one goes.

@gidgetgh

They closed the Dress Barns here a few months ago....

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spiderw — Tue, 21 May 2019 01:03:28 GMT

So sorry to hear this as I shopped at Dress Barn often in the past. They always had quality clothes and variety. It is a shame stores are closing. I am out and about often and love shopping at stores. For me it is a social experience and a fun time whether I browse or buy. Buying on line only isn't for me and I hope it never comes to that.

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lovesrecess — Tue, 21 May 2019 01:03:53 GMT

The only Dress Barn I even know of has been in a small strip shopping center not too far from our area of town..,,have never been in it but it has been there about 25 years. These stores are dropping fast!

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I am still oxox — Tue, 21 May 2019 01:07:23 GMT

They closed the one down the street a few years ago, I rarely shop in theirs but I do shop on their website very often

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Foxxee — Tue, 21 May 2019 01:10:56 GMT

A few more on the bankruptcy watchlist for 2019 I haven't heard before.

Fitbit

Banana Republic

Remington - Guns

GoPro

Stein Mart

Christopher Banks

Burlington

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golding76 — Tue, 21 May 2019 01:25:20 GMT

Sorry to hear this. For the last several weeks, I was tempted to write something on this board about my local Dress Barn. It has looked cheesy and barren for months now. Until about six years ago, I bought from them consistently. Loved their fashions and the quality was decent and sometimes plus. Once I began buying the Linea line from QVC in a full-on manner, they lost most of my business (through no fault of their own).

The quality of their clothing and accessories has diminished significantly lately, I think. I walk through my local store often just to see what they are offering. fWhat I've noticed for over a year is the minimal inventory they currently have -- before, you had to squeeze yourself between the different clothing carousels and displays.

Also, the same fashions now remain on the models in the windows longer than usual. I also noticed that the regular managers were no longer present. I wondered if they had been dismissed because of their "high" salaries..

Really, online purchasing (and I do quite a bit of it myself) has destroyed and changed commerce as we've known it for generations.

I hope we all survive...

[Dress Barn is in my local strip mall, but my other go-to store, Lord & Taylor, is at my local large mall and it looks imperiled as well. I still buy from them on occasion whereas I have pretty much dropped Dress Barn. Sometimes I'm shocked to see the limited clothing displays, and they showcase really crummy items. Some displays remind me of the tacky kiosks that proliferated on that mall's main concourse.]

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Bird mama — Tue, 21 May 2019 01:39:01 GMT

Wow, this is a shocker, seriously.

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roeroe1005 — Tue, 21 May 2019 01:46:27 GMT

I am sorry to hear this. I'm an on/off Dress Barn shopper. I still have several tops from a good 7 years ago that I wear. All look great. And they always had the prettiest dresses.

In my old General Foods' days, there was a DB in the shopping center around the corner from the building. The day after payday, you would walk the halls and see all the DB fashions on us.

Sad to see it go.

I wouldn't be surprised to see only a handful of stores survive in the next few years.

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Bird mama — Tue, 21 May 2019 02:03:12 GMT

I'm tall with long arms and legs and last fall I happened to finally get around to visiting Great Lakes Crossing mall. I browsed the Dress Barn and came across this jacket. When I put it on it was like it was made for me, long sleeves and all. Glad I bought it and have something to remember the store by.

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daisyk — Tue, 21 May 2019 02:09:12 GMT

Oh Wow, I buy quite a bit from Dress Barn. Had no idea they were ready to go out. That's a bummer, although I will say that Dress Barn always tended to be high price for what they have. I'm an XL or 1X at the moment and the thing is I could actually find stuff there. If you're a small size, you can go anywhere.

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software — Tue, 21 May 2019 02:12:47 GMT

The one near me closed many years ago, it was in an outlet strip mall.

The next closest one is about 35 miles away by interstate, in an outlet mall

I rarely go that far, I have other choices closer

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Bird mama — Tue, 21 May 2019 02:14:45 GMT

@daisyk I understand completely as a tall person. I've been shopping JCP tall ladies clothing since late 1980 and if JCP goes out of business I will need to be hospitalized. I am not kidding.

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daisyk — Tue, 21 May 2019 02:20:20 GMT

@Bird mama Lol! I know what you mean though!

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lmt — Tue, 21 May 2019 03:55:54 GMT

@Foxxee wrote:
A few more on the bankruptcy watchlist for 2019 I haven't heard before.

Fitbit
Banana Republic
Remington - Guns
GoPro
Stein Mart
Christopher Banks
Burlington

@Foxxee Christopher & Banks?? I used to buy many, many tops and sweaters from them years ago. The clothing was very good quality. They had a store in our mall that closed several years ago.

Burlington?? Wow, that store has been around FOREVER. My mother always took me there to get my winter coats. We still have a store locally but I haven't been in there in over 25 years.

Sad to see these stores go.

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Bri369 — Tue, 21 May 2019 10:21:18 GMT

There is a Dress Barn not too far from me in a strip mall. I was in there once to buy a tank top and they had the specific color I was looking for.

I'm sorry to see any store closing, but I wonder if the name had anything to do with it?

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PilatesLover — Tue, 21 May 2019 12:44:56 GMT

This makes me so sad.

Fitbit on the hit list surprises me. Everyone I know is wearing a Fitbit, most of them the latest model.

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CANDLEQUEEN — Tue, 21 May 2019 13:08:30 GMT

Very sad to hear this! I have one about 7 minutes from me, and I love it, super nice sales people, and the clothes are very nice without being too expensive.....

I mainly shop at Dressbarn and Macys for my clothes. This is most unfortunate as our local Mall has closed all of its Anchor stores as well......I guess I will be at Macys more often.....It really is too bad......I feel like Dressbarn for me has provided a nice Business Casual look as well as a Casual look for reasonable pricing......Sad!!!!

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CelticCrafter — Tue, 21 May 2019 13:14:14 GMT

I'm surprised to see Burlington on the list because they are renovating part of an old Pathmark Supermarket nearby to move into.

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chrystaltree — Tue, 21 May 2019 13:30:04 GMT

I just read that, times are not god for retailers. Years ago, Dress Barn was one of my "go to" stores. Every time, I went to any mall, I always stopped in Dress Barn and I usually bought something. But that was years ago, I now do 90% of shopping with the shopping channels. When I do shop stores, I go to their online stores to shop. I do that because I am not limited to just what is on the racks in the stores; I have access to everything and the items that are only available online. Also, when you are frequent online shopper, you get those 30% or 40% emails that brick&mortar shoppers don't get. Dress Barn is great for that! I do hope they keep Dressbarn.com. That's the way women shop now. That's why so many retailers are failing. Dress Barn and Chicos; those were my stores. Now I wonder how long Chicos will be around.