ght be reached," per Erica Werner, Seung Min Kim and Jeff Stein. • Ascena Retail Group, the conglomerate behind women's apparel brands Ann Taylor, Lane Bryant and Catherines, filed for bankruptcy and said it would close some of its 2,800 stores. (Abha Bhattarai) • LinkedIn, which is laying off 96o staff,

and his business interests, focusing primarily upon women's clothing. In 1982, The Limited purchased Victoria's Secret, a lingerie store, as well as Lane Bryant, a women's clothing specialty store. By the end of the 1990, Wexner and The Limited owned several chains, including Victoria's Secret, Lane Bryant,

related to lease payments of Abercrombie & Fitch, Tween Brands Inc. (formerly Limited Too and Too, Inc.), Dick's Sporting Goods (formerly Galyan's), Lane Bryant and New York & Company under the current terms of noncancelable leases expiring at various dates through 2015 (see Note 8 to the Consolidated Finan

y major brands including: Victoria's Secret, Pink, Bath & Body Works, and The White Barn Candle Company. Previous brands that have spun off include Lane Bryant, Express, The Limited Too, and several others. Wexner is also known for his philanthropy. In 1989, he and his mother became the first people to mak

n would be comfortable shopping for women's underwear. He opened the first Victoria's Secret in 1977. Wexner, already owner of retailers Limited, Lane Bryant, and Express, bought the company for Si million in 1982. Through savvy marketing under Wexner, the brand sold directly to women who wanted to look

. the 1997 public offering of a significant portion of the Company's interest in Brylane, Inc. ("Brylane"), consisting principally of =he Lerner and Lane Bryant catalog businesses. In 1998, the Company sold its remaining interest in Brylane for approximately $131 million in cash. These actions followed the 1