Catherines Stores Corp.

United states : Lane Bryant parent closes outsourcing deal with Alliance Data.
TendersInfo; 11/4/2009; 766 words; ...credit card business to Alliance Data Systems Corp. Bensalem, Pa.-based Charming Shoppes Inc...Charming Shoppes (NASDAQ:CHRS) also runs stores under the Fashion Bug and Catherines Plus Sizes nameplate. The company lost $244...

BRIEFS.(News)
Cardline; 8/14/2009; 656 words; ...certified Hypercom Corp.'s SPOS32 payment...vendor. * UMB Financial Corp. is offering a Visa...Alliance Data Systems Corp. has agreed to purchase...operates the Lane Bryant, Catherines and Fashion Bug women's fashions stores.

Charming to sell private label credit card program
AP Online; 8/13/2009; 617 words; ...credit card program to Alliance Data Systems Corp. for about $110 million. The acquisition...will take over the credit card programs of stores such as Lane Bryant, Fashion Bug and Catherines. It will be responsible for providing services...

Retailer Defends Its Business.(Charming Shoppes Inc.)(Financial report)
American Banker; 4/21/2008; 916 words; ...Charming Shoppes bought the card portfolio of its Catherines store chain from Citigroup Inc. for $54.6 million. Last...outsourced its card operations to Alliance Data Systems Corp., brought the work in-house and bought the portfolio...

Retailers see sales stall in January; Store closings announced; projections lowered
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 2/8/2008; 1010 words; ...Industrywide sales at stores open at least a...Excluding Wal-Mart Stores Inc., which weighs...increase in same-store sales, missing...2007. Kohl's Corp., based in Menomonee...3% in same-store sales, according...customers to the stores. The luxury stores...Fashion Bug, ...