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Christopher & Banks Type public (NYSE: CBK) Industry Retail Founded 1956 Founder(s) Gil Braun Headquarters Plymouth, Minnesota, USA Number of locations 773 (June 2011)[1] Key people Lorna Nagler, president Products Women's clothing Divisions CJ Banks 
A Christopher & Banks store at a mall in Oregon
Christopher & Banks is an American retail company based in Plymouth, Minnesota that specializes in women's clothing. The company operates more than 500 Christopher & Banks locations and more than 250 CJ Banks locations. Former Lane Bryant president Lorna Nagler is the company's president.[2]
The chain was founded in 1956 as Braun's Fashions in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It became a publicly traded company in 1992, and was re-branded as Christopher & Banks in 2000.[3] Also in 2000, the chain founded a second brand, CJ Banks, which is a plus-size clothing store.[4]
In November 2004 Christopher & Banks acquired the Acorn Stores chain and operated it as a third retail concept.[5] Christopher & Banks announced on July 31, 2008 that they intended to close Acorn and followed through with this plan, closing all 36 Acorn stores by the end of the year.[6]
References
- ^ Christopher & Banks Corporation Announces Fiscal 2012 First Quarter Results
- ^ "Former Lane Bryant prez lands at Christopher & Banks". Business First of Columbus. 2007-08-31. http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/stories/2007/08/27/daily33.html. Retrieved 2009-02-26.
- ^ Moore, Janet (2000-05-25). "Braun's seeks to don new name". The Star-Tribune. http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-62413421.html. Retrieved 2009-02-26.
- ^ "Christopher & Banks history". Christopher & Banks. http://www.christopherandbanks.com/corp/index.jsp. Retrieved 2009-02-26.
- ^ "Christopher & Banks Corp. completed its acquisition of Acorn stores from Gilmore Bros.". Christopher & Banks. 2004-12-01. http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-126387491/christopher-banks-corp-completed.html. Retrieved 2010-09-01.
- ^ "Acorn". Christopher & Banks. http://www.acornstores.com. Retrieved 2010-09-01.
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- Companies based in Minnesota
- Companies established in 1956
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