Express to close almost 100 stores as clothing retailer files for bankruptcy

MassLive.com— A major clothing brand will start closing store sales at nearly 100 locations starting Tuesday.

Yahoo Finance—Apparel retailer Express files for US bankruptcy protection, to close over 100 stores. The retailer whose portfolio includes brands such as Express, Bonobos and UpWest Express, listed assets and liabilities in the range of $1 billion to $10 billion, according to a filing with the bankruptcy court in Delaware. As part of the bankruptcy process, the company will close approximately 95 Express retail stores and all of its UpWest stores, starting Tuesday, it said, without specifying the locations. The company operates about 530 Express retail and Express Factory Outlet stores in the...

6abc Philadelphia—Express closing more than 100 stores after filing for bankruptcy. Express filed with the bankruptcy court in Delaware and said it also plans to shutter several stores as part of the process. Report a...

CNN—Express files for bankruptcy; closing more than 100 stores. Trendy fashion retailer Express Inc. has filed for bankruptcy after consistently struggling with continued missteps over its merchandise mix that failed to get shoppers excited. The retailer filed with the bankruptcy court in Delaware and said it also plans to shutter several stores as part of the process. The company operates Express, Express factory outlets, Bonobos and UpWest stores under its corporate umbrella and said in a release Monday that it plans to close 95 Express locations (it...