WASHINGTON (AP) - More grim news for malls as women's apparel designer and retailer The Limited says it will close all its brick-and-mortar stores at the end of this weekend.

 

 The New Albany, Ohio company says it will continue to operate online only after the Jan. 8 closures.

 

 The Limited made the announcement just two days after Macy's said it would close 68 retail stores and cut more than 10,000 jobs. Sears also announced Thursday that it would close another 150 stores as clothing retailers continue to struggle to compete as consumers increasingly buy online.

 

 Limited Stores, founded in 1963, says it has already ceased operations at several stores in recent weeks and would be offering "highly discounted prices" on merchandise until all its doors close for good Sunday.</s>The Limited will close all brick-and-mortar stores at the end of the weekend.

The women’s clothing retailer announced it will close all locations after Jan. 8, and will only operate online. The company had already closed three of its local stores.

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In late December, The Limited closed locations at The Greene in Beavercreek, The Liberty Center and Tri-County Mall in Cincinnati. The stores offered 90 percent off all inventory.

The company has sent multiple emails to customers, promoting up to 50 percent off online items. The stores are also selling fixtures and equipment, according to the company.

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Earlier in December, the company announced more than 240 employee lay-offs at the company’s headquarters in a Columbus suburb. The company alerted the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services of the 248 layoffs at the New Albany headquarters and said they could start as early as today.

This isn’t the only retailer to announce closures recently. Ann Taylor, Kmart, Macy’s and Sears have all shut down hundreds of store locations.

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More grim news for malls as women’s apparel designer and retailer The Limited says it will close all its brick-and-mortar stores at the end of this weekend.

The Limited has one store in Colorado, at Park Meadows Mall.

The New Albany, Ohio, company says it will operate online only after the Jan. 8 closures.
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• January 5, 2017 Sears sells Craftsman brand, will close 150 Sears and Kmart stores, including two in Colorado The Limited made the announcement just two days after Macy’s said it would close 68 retail stores and cut more than 10,000 jobs. Sears announced Thursday that it would close another 150 stores as clothing retailers continue to struggle to compete as consumers increasingly buy online.

Limited Stores, founded in 1963, says it ceased operations at several stores in recent weeks and would be offering “highly discounted prices” on merchandise until all its doors close for good Sunday.</s>WASHINGTON (CBSDFW.COM/AP) – More grim news for shopping malls as women’s apparel designer and retailer The Limited announced that it will close all its brick-and-mortar stores at the end of this weekend.

The Ohio company said that it will continue to operate online only after the January 8 closures.

The Limited made the announcement just two days after Macy’s said that it would close 68 retail stores and cut more than 10,000 jobs. Sears also announced Thursday that it would close another 150 stores as clothing retailers continue to struggle to compete as consumers increasingly buy online.

Limited Stores, founded in 1963, said that it had already ceased operations at several stores in recent weeks and would be offering “highly discounted prices” on merchandise until all of its doors close for good on Sunday.

There are several Limited stores in shopping malls across North Texas: NorthPark Center, North East Mall, Vista Ridge Mall, Stonebriar Centre, Allen Premium Outlets and Grapevine Mills. The company’s website, however, no longer lists any locations and instead says, “We’re sad to say that all The Limited stores nationwide have officially closed their doors.”</s>Another mall staple bites the dust: The Limited is apparently closing its doors in stores across the country. The news comes as the latest in a string of retail bankruptcies that are killing the vitality of mall culture, not to mention your adolescence.

So far, here's what we know: The Limited locations in states including Ohio, North Carolina, Louisiana, Missouri, Florida, and Wisconsin will all be closing up shop this Saturday, January 7. A number of the stores are also having "everything must go" and "all sales final" campaigns to bookmark the occasion. Racked reports that Sun Capital Partners, The Limited’s owner, has declined to actually confirm whether every The Limited store is indeed closing, though the possibility looks to be likely.

The Limited, founded in Ohio in 1963, built its reputation on classic, office-appropriate clothes for young professionals and young adults trying to fake it. The brand is well-cemented and easily recognizable on the mall scene, though the name has lost cultural cache to its kid spinoff Limited Too in years past.

News of the closing stores does not come as a surprise, given Bloomberg's December report on the franchise's plan to file for bankruptcy and likely liquidate its stores. Employees at The Limited have also suffered waves of layoffs within recent months.

The Limited's demise comes as scores of once-beloved mall brands, such as Delia's and Wet Seal, face similar struggles.

If you'd like to mourn The Limited the same way we all killed it, its website is currently advertising "50% OFF. EVERY. SINGLE. THING," which whaddya know, just so happens to be your favorite price.

Just goes to show that everything has its limits, even (especially?) The Limited.</s>NEW ALBANY, Ohio — More grim news for malls as women’s apparel designer and retailer The Limited says it will close all its brick-and-mortar stores at the end of this weekend.

The New Albany, Ohio, company says it will continue to operate online only after the Jan. 8 closures.

It posted on its website:

“We’re sad to say that all The Limited stores nationwide have officially closed their doors. The styles you love are still available online – We’re just a quick click away 24 hours a day.”

The Limited made the announcement just two days after Macy’s said it would close 68 retail stores and cut more than 10,000 jobs. Sears also announced Thursday that it would close another 150 stores as clothing retailers continue to struggle to compete as consumers increasingly buy online.

Limited Stores, founded in 1963, says it has already ceased operations at several stores in recent weeks and would be offering “highly discounted prices” on merchandise until all its doors close for good Sunday.</s>WASHINGTON — More grim news for malls came Friday as apparel retailer The Limited said it will close all its brick-and-mortar stores at the end of this weekend.

The company says it will continue to operate online only after the Jan. 8 closures. A spokesman said the New Albany, Ohio-based chain operated about 250 retail stores in 2016 and that about 4,000 jobs, including seasonal and temporary ones, would be lost. The Limited has five locations in Minnesota.

The announcement came just two days after Macy’s said it would move forward with plans to close 68 retail stores and would cut more than 10,000 jobs. Sears also announced Thursday that it would close another 150 stores as clothing retailers continue to struggle to compete as consumers increasingly buy online.

Limited Stores, founded in 1963, says it has already ceased operations at several stores in recent weeks and would be offering “highly discounted prices” on merchandise until all its doors close for good Sunday.

Private equity firm Sun Capital Partners purchased The Limited outright in 2010 after owning a majority stake in the retailer since 2007.</s>WASHINGTON (WCMH/AP) — More grim news for malls as women’s apparel designer and retailer The Limited says it will close all its brick-and-mortar stores at the end of this weekend.

The New Albany, Ohio company says it will continue to operate online only after the Jan. 8 closures.

The Limited made the announcement just two days after Macy’s said it would close 68 retail stores and cut more than 10,000 jobs. Sears also announced Thursday that it would close another 150 stores as clothing retailers continue to struggle to compete as consumers increasingly buy online.

Limited Stores, founded in 1963, says it has already ceased operations at several stores in recent weeks and would be offering “highly discounted prices” on merchandise until all its doors close for good Sunday.

The news comes just one month after Limited Stores LLC announced it was laying off up to 248 employees at its New Albany location.

The Limited was founded by Les Wexner in 1963 and was sold to private equity firm Sun Capital partners in 2007. It is no longer associated with Wexner’s L Brands company.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.</s>NEW YORK — American malls just got emptier.

The Limited, a once-popular women’s clothing brand that offers casual attire and workwear, no longer has any storefronts.

On Saturday, a message on the store’s website read, “We’re sad to say that all The Limited stores nationwide have officially closed their doors. But this isn’t goodbye.” The website will still be up and running and will continue to ship nationwide, the company said.

Two decades ago, The Limited was on fire. It operated more than 750 stores across the country. The brand acquired several others, including Victoria’s Secret and Abercrombie & Fitch, and it’s responsible for creating the massively popular children’s brand spinoff, Limited Too, in the 1990s.

But The Limited brand fell on hard times in the mid-2000’s. Sun Capital Partners, a private firm, took over its management in 2007 — spinning the flagship brand off from the other L Brands labels. Limited Too was eventually acquired by Justice parent-company Tween Brands.

The Limited is among a long list of brick-and-mortar retailers that once thrived in malls and strip shopping centers — but are now suffering at the hands of digital commerce giants like Amazon and fast fashion stores such as H&M and Forever 21.

Macy’s also brought bad news to mall shoppers. On Wednesday, the company said it’s shutting down another 68 of its U.S. storefronts. And Sears said Friday that it’s shuttering 150 more Kmart and Sears locations.</s>DENVER BUSINESS JOURNAL - The Limited is shuttering its stores after this weekend.

The retail clothing chain has four stores in Colorado, in Broomfield, Denver, Lakewood and Lone Tree.

New Albany, Ohio-based Limited Stores LLC is owned by Boca Raton, Florida-based Sun Capital Partners Inc. It has some 230 stores nationwide.

Here's the statement on The Limited's website:

"We’re sad to say that all The Limited stores nationwide have officially closed their doors. But this isn’t goodbye. The styles you love are still available online."

Read more at the Denver Business Journal: http://bit.ly/2hZYV8h
The Limited announces the closing of all of its brick-and-mortar stores and will begin operating only online after January 8.