Christopher & Banks, a specialty women's apparel retailer with stores in Salina's Central Mall, announced today that it has voluntarily filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, and will close a significant portion, if not all, of its brick-and-mortar stores.
The company also announced that it has launched a store-closing and liquidation process.
As of Wednesday, the company operated 449 stores in 44 states consisting of 315 MPW stores, 76 Outlet stores, 31 Christopher & Banks stores, and 28 stores in its women’s plus size clothing division CJ Banks. The company also operates the www.ChristopherandBanks.com eCommerce website.
The company operates both Christopher & Banks and CJ Banks stores at the Central Mall.