Wet Seal

The odds of making it through bankruptcy intact are growing smaller. BoF looks at what happens when a brand goes through the process — and then rises again under new ownership.

At Wet Seal, new money, new leadership, old problems. Here's what chief executive Melanie Cox is doing about it.

Mall-based apparel retailer Body Central Corp is preparing a bankruptcy filing that could come within the next week.

Wet Seal Inc., the money-losing clothing chain that has said there is doubt it can continue operating, is closing about two-thirds of its stores and cutting almost 3,700 jobs after failing to win concessions from landlords.