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Claire's jewelry chain to close some NJ stores

By: Daniel Munoz
NorthJersey.com
USA Today Network - New Jersey

..... A handful of the 25 Chaire's stores in New Jersey will be closing, according to newly release court filings, along with one that was previously announced for closure.
..... The filing outlines 234 locations that will close after private equity firm Ames Watson said it would purchase the struggling chain and keep upward of 950 stores open. A timeline for the closures is not listed in the court documents.
..... Claire's said in bankruptcy filings that it was grappling with longstanding debt and the fallout of President download Trump's tariffs, given that it sourced many of its supplies from China.
..... The chain, founded in 1961 in Chicago, specializes in selling necklaces, bracelets and various accessories, including headphones and soft toys.
..... For many American girls, getting their ears pierced at Claire's is a "rite of passage" that has continued for decades. The company claimed to have pierced over 100 million ears since 1978.
..... Six Clair's locations in New Jersey are going out of business, court filings show with, no timeline mentioned:
* 141 East Braid street, Westfield.
* Bergen Town Center, Paramus.
* Brunswick Square, east Brunswick
* Cumberland Mall, Vineland
* Deptfort Mall, Deptford
* Hamilton Mall Mays Landing
..... Court documents do not speak about the Clarie's stores at Livingston Mall in Livingston, but several media reports say that location is slated to closed.

Are NJ's ICING stores closing?

..... Clair's also operates a sister store called ICING, geared toward customers in their teens and 20s. It first opened in the 1990s.
..... Several locations - at Menlo Park Mall in Edison, Ocean County Mall in Toms River, Willowbrook Mall in Wayne and Deptford Mall were previously slated for closure but are not listed in court documents as closing.
..... A spokesperson for Brookfield Properties, the owner of Willowbrook Mall, said while the mall's ICING store is on the closing list, is Clair's is not.

What Claire's stores will remain in NJ?

..... These are the stores that will stay open in New Jersey.
* American Dream, East Rutherford
* Bridgewater Commons, Bridgewater
* Cherry Hill Mall, Cherry Hill
* Freehold Raceway, Freehold
* Gloucester Premium Outlets, Blackwood
* Garden State Plaza, Paramus
* Jersey Gardens, Elizabeth
* Jersey Shore Premium Outlets, Tinton Falls
* Menlo Park Mall, Edison
* Moorestown Mall, Moorestown
* Newport Centre, Jersey city
* Ocean County Mall, Toms River
* Paramus Park, Paramus
* Quaker Bridge Mall. Lawrenceville
* River Front Center, Clifton
* Rockaway townsquare, Rockaway
* Willowbrook Mall, Wayne
* Woodbridge Center, Woodbridge

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