Claires Stores, Inc.

Company

• Pre-filing annual sales: $1,591 (millions of current dollars)
• Pre-filing assets: $2,379 (millions of current dollars)
• Pre-filing number of employees: 17,300
• Sub-industry: 56 Apparel And Accessory Stores
• Place of incorporation: FL
• Court for city of headquarters: IL Chicago
• In business at filing? yes

Bankruptcy case

• Chapter at filing: Chapter 11
• Who filed case? debtors
• Debtor's lead attorney: Weil Gotshal
• Date of filing: March 19, 2018
• Judge at filing: Mary F. Walrath
• Court district of filing: DE
• Court city of filing: Wilmington
• Case number: 18-10584
• Cause of bankruptcy: Not tort
• Forum shop? Forum Shop


• Case transferred? no
• Destination court of transfer: not applicable
• Creditors committee appointed? yes
• §363 sale: no 363 sale
• Dip loan final approval? yes
• Plan type: prenegotiated


• Disposition status: confirmed
• Date of disposition: September 21, 2018
• Judge at disposition: Mary F. Walrath
• Days from filing to disposition: 186

After the case

• Did firm emerge? Company emerged
• Did firm refile? not emerged 5 years