High street shops Claire’s and The Original Factory Shop are going into administration, which could put about 2,500 jobs at risk. Claire’s, which is well known for selling accessories to young people, had been looking for a buyer after its American... — read more 

The layoffs are connected to financial pressures. The co is in the middle of store closures nationwide. Now it's reducing staff at its Hoffman Estates CORP facility in Illinois. It's in a WARN

My mom works at Claire's and she's been really worried and stressed out for weeks. I think she's still worried her store will close. I'm wondering if the closing stores have been notified yet? Maybe if hers hasn't been told it's closing by now, it's... — read more 

USA Today reported that on August 6, 2025, a company that was born in Illinois had filed chapter 11 bankruptcy for the 2nd time in seven years. Now, the Illinois Work Net Center site shows there is a new WARN notice submitted to the state warning of... — read more 

Claire’s, the low-cost jewelry and accessory retailer, filed for bankruptcy Wednesday and notified the state of New Jersey that it plans to lay off employees... — read more 

Bankruptcy #2 in seven years. Eighteen stores closing, likely hundreds more. We’re the ones cleaning up the mess, losing paychecks, trying to explain to our partners why our jobs vanished. How many of these are we going to have before somebody... — read more 

Does the Board of Directors realize that the CMO spent 2 million dollars to design and build a "Store of the Future" in Dallas? There is nothing in that store that will be carried forward into the Claire's future, only the bills that were... — read more 

We all know we had our troubles even when times were much better. Now, in the middle of the pandemic I’m thinking that there is a strong possibility that some stores will never reopen. Any indication what stores could they “ sacrifice” first?

I just read that some companies are firing people who were previously temporarily laid off due to the coronavirus. We've been closed for more than three weeks now, are we in danger of something similar happening to us? I really hope Claire's... — read more 

Another 37 stores have been added to the initial 95 that got the court approval to be closed. We all know this is just a start. Chances that we will fins a buyer are slim to none, in my opinion... — read more 

Another huge retailer bites the dust. Calling it a bankruptcy but with 2 billion in debt, I'd be very surprised if this doesn't turn into a chapter 7. Total liquidation. Claire's has over 4000 stores folks, this is no small deal. Malls are as good as... — read more 

Is the company really on the way out like the media suggests?

I've been working here for about 7 year now, still like it