Dressbarn, a women’s clothing chain with Stamford roots, to close its doors for good

A rough year for retailers got worse this week as Dressbarn, a seller of women’s clothing that has its roots in Stamford, announced this week that it would end operations and close all 660 of its stores. Among those outposts being shuttered are Dressbarn locales in Fairfield and Westchester counties, including stores in Danbury, Greenburgh, Norwalk, Pelham, Port Chester, Scarsdale, Shelton and Thornwood, according to the Daily Voice Plus. It wasn’t immediately clear when the stores would close, but Dressbarn CFO Steven Taylor said in a statement that the chain would “work to assist our associates through the transition and maintain existing relationships with our vendors, suppliers and other key stakeholders through this process.” Taylor noted that Dressbarn the company “has not been operating at an acceptable level of profitability in today’s retail environment.” Melville, New York-based A&G Realty Partners has been hired by Dressbarn to assist it on “real estate-related matters,” the company said. Dressbarn, as noted by The Real Deal, is owned by Mahwah, New Jersey-based Ascena Retail Group, which also controls the Ann Taylor, Catherines, Cacique, Justice, Lane Bryant and LOFT brands. [TRD]