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Another chain declares Chapter 11
Posted on 1/21/26 at 2:13 pm
Posted on 1/21/26 at 2:13 pm
This time it’s Francesca’s, a chain that saw its glory days during the Mall era. Women’s clothing. My wife never shopped there, so the ladies of the OT would have to inform me if this is a big deal or not.
Francesca's allegedly fires workers without warning as women's clothing retailer shuts down for good
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Francesca's allegedly fires workers without warning as women's clothing retailer shuts down for good
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After years of financial turmoil and a post-bankruptcy sale, the once-popular women’s specialty retailer Francesca’s is preparing to shut down its remaining stores, with reports that employees were laid off without warning and that vendors allege they are owed hundreds of millions of dollars in unpaid invoices.
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This post was edited on 1/21/26 at 2:17 pm
Posted on 1/21/26 at 2:17 pm to CaptainsWafer
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Solid link.
My connection burped while composing. All details are up now.
Posted on 1/21/26 at 2:22 pm to DesScorp
Good, one less place that white women can get together and think up stupid stuff.
Just need to get target to close next.
Just need to get target to close next.
Posted on 1/21/26 at 2:26 pm to DesScorp
Those clothes look too modest for how whorish most women dress these days. Not surprised they went under
Posted on 1/21/26 at 3:07 pm to DesScorp
Never heard of it
My women shop at Lane Bryant
My women shop at Lane Bryant
Posted on 1/21/26 at 3:08 pm to DesScorp
Seen many videos that they weren’t paying suppliers for years. This doesn’t surprise me. Wasn’t great stuff.
Posted on 1/21/26 at 3:19 pm to cypresstiger
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Never heard of it
Me either.
No reason for me to go, but you'd think I would have at least seen one at a mall.
Posted on 1/21/26 at 3:24 pm to DesScorp
Francesca's is a bit of a weird store (or was - I haven't been in years) because it wasn't 100% apparel. They had a bunch of like.. random knick knacks out on tables, and then they also had a few racks of clothing.
If you wanted to try something on, there was like 1 little closet in the back with a curtain, so it's like they weren't trying to be a clothing store but still also were?
I wonder if they were trying to be a smaller and less pricey version of Anthropologie. Kinda hard to complete with Anthro, though.
EDIT: I just realized I bought a gameday dress from them online this past year.
I think it was a targeted ad on Instagram and I was needing a purple gameday dress anyway.
If you wanted to try something on, there was like 1 little closet in the back with a curtain, so it's like they weren't trying to be a clothing store but still also were?
I wonder if they were trying to be a smaller and less pricey version of Anthropologie. Kinda hard to complete with Anthro, though.
EDIT: I just realized I bought a gameday dress from them online this past year.
This post was edited on 1/21/26 at 3:26 pm
Posted on 1/21/26 at 3:39 pm to DesScorp
Francesca’s has cute things at decent prices.
Posted on 1/21/26 at 5:56 pm to Dixie2023
Francesca’s has cute things at decent prices.
—not anymore!
—not anymore!
Posted on 1/21/26 at 5:59 pm to Dixie2023
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Francesca’s has cute things at decent prices.
Where were you with this tagline when the company was looking for a marketing miracle?
Posted on 1/21/26 at 7:17 pm to DesScorp
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Another chain declares Chapter 11
Relieved it wasn’t Walmart, you had me scared.
Posted on 1/21/26 at 7:31 pm to DesScorp
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Francesca's
Never heard of them.
Posted on 1/21/26 at 7:34 pm to TheosDeddy
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Good, one less place that white women can get together and think up stupid stuff.
Just need to get target to close next.
Time to lock your credit cards, the wife will just order from Amazon if she hasn’t done so already.
Posted on 1/22/26 at 7:05 am to Tarps99
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Time to lock your credit cards, the wife will just order from Amazon if she hasn’t done so already.
Adult Women wanting to buy and try on clothing in person is one of the last stands of brick and mortar retail.
SHEIN has made a huge dent in that. Websites like SHEIN are destroying the “cheap boutique” concept
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