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Dressbarn, Women's Clothing Chain, To Close All Stores

The company's CFO, Steven Taylor, called it a difficult decision but said the "chain has not been operating at an acceptable level of profitability in today's retail environment."
The Dressbarn in Nanuet, N.Y., is one of nearly 650 stores expected to close. A final shutdown date has not been announced.

Dressbarn, the women's clothing chain founded in the 1960s as a place where women in need of career-wear "could find fashion at a value," is closing all its

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