Block Corporation, a holding company for numerous apparel brands, filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy this week. The move is usually a precursor to a corporate liquidation. Block Corp owns licenses for 18 well-known brands including Izod, Van Heusen, Panama Jack, Geoffrey Beene, Hobie, Timberland and Botany 500. Detailed information has not been released.
chapter 7: April 2009 Archives
Timely Demise tracks the retail industry as it changes with our unprecedented economic environment. Published by David Wertheimer. Did I miss something? Drop me a line.
About this Archive
This page is a archive of entries in the chapter 7 category from April 2009.
chapter 7: March 2009 is the previous archive.
chapter 7: October 2009 is the next archive.
Find recent content on the main index or look in the archives to find all content.
Blogroll
October 2009: Monthly Archives
Categories
- accessories (5)
- acquisition (17)
- airlines (3)
- announcements (11)
- apparel (70)
- arts (4)
- automotive (17)
- babies and children (1)
- banking (2)
- books (4)
- chapter 11 (107)
- chapter 7 (16)
- construction (4)
- consumer products (28)
- convenience stores (1)
- cosmetics and beauty (4)
- department stores (20)
- electronics (23)
- entertainment (13)
- exclusive (1)
- expansion (9)
- fitness (2)
- food (21)
- furniture and home (40)
- general (12)
- international (3)
- jewelry (19)
- liquidation (13)
- liquor (1)
- manufacturing (11)
- media (1)
- mom-and-pop (19)
- pharmacy and drug (4)
- regional stores (33)
- restaurants (15)
- restructuring and resizing (16)
- rumors (3)
- services (4)
- sports (11)
- store closings (101)
- store openings (2)
- technology and infrastructure (2)
- toys and gifts (8)
- travel (2)
- trends (31)
- updates (34)
- websites (4)