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| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Retail |
| Founded | 1940 |
| Defunct | 2012 |
| Fate | Merger with Ascena Retail Group |
| Headquarters | Bensalem, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Key people | Jim P. Fogarty - President and Chief Executive Officer |
| Products | Woman's clothing |
| Revenue |  $811 Million USD (2008) |
Number of employees | 10,300 (2008) |
| Parent | Ascena Retail Group (2012–present) |
| Subsidiaries | Lane Bryant Petite Sophisticate Catherines |
| Website | www.charmingshoppes.com |
Charming Shoppes, Inc. is a specialty and plus size clothing retail holding company based in Bensalem, Pennsylvania; a suburb of Philadelphia. Its subsidiaries include Lane Bryant, Cacique, Fashion Bug, and Catherines Plus.[1] Clothes were sold from over 2300 retail stores in the United States, as well as numerous catalogs and online sites.[2] In 2012, the company and assets were acquired by Ascena Retail Group.
- ^ Staff (May 2, 2012), "Charming Shoppes to be sold for $890M", Philadelphia Business Journal (Morning ed.), retrieved May 27, 2012
- ^ Charming Shoppes catalogs Archived November 5, 2006, at the Wayback Machine