Charming Shoppes

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Charming Shoppes, Inc.
Type	Public (NASDAQ: CHRS)
Founded	Bensalem, PA
Headquarters	Bensalem, PA
Key people	Dorrit Bern, CEO & Chairman
Industry	Retail
Products	Clothing
Revenue	▲$88.88 Million USD (2006)
Employees	11,000 (2007)
Subsidiaries	Lane Bryant Fashion Bug Catherines
Website	www.charmingshoppes.com

Charming Shoppes (NASDAQ: CHRS) is a specialty and plus size clothing retail holding company based in Bensalem, PA. Its subsidiaries include Lane Bryant, Fashion Bug, and Catherines. Clothes are sold from over 2000 retail stores in the U.S., as well as numerous catalogs and online sites.^[1] Charming Shoppes went public in 1971,^[2] and in 2006 ranked #641 on the Fortune 1000.^[3]

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