The ear piercing startup Rowan wants to steal Claire’s crown as the go-to destination for your first piercing. It’s starting ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Pam Danziger reports on retail, focused on the luxury consumer market. Teen retailer Claire's has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy ...

Claire's — the ear-piercing, glittery tween mall staple — is once again on the brink of survival. The chain on Wednesday filed for bankruptcy protection for the second time in seven years. It is ...

At age 9, with a heart-shaped purse full of pocket money, visiting the mall meant one thing: Claire’s. Everything in that store felt perfectly designed for me back in the early ’90s, from the pom-pom ...