Business
Gymboree Group Inc. will shut down its Gymboree and Crazy 8 clothing chains after declaring bankruptcy for a second time and failing to find a buyer for the stores, which have been hit hard by a decline in mall traffic.
Jan. 17, 2019
Longtime Eagle Rock resident Allenby Arakielian remembers when the little mall on Colorado Boulevard was the neighborhood hot spot for shopping and dining.
June 13, 2017
When 5-month-old Emma Pierce Rempel heads for the pool, she wears her hat, shorts, T-shirt, sun block and infant shades that slide down her blip of a nose.
Aug. 20, 1995
Children’s apparel retailer Gymboree Corp. said it would close about 350 of its Gymboree, Janie and Jack and Crazy 8 stores nationwide — including 24 in California — as it restructures its business after filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in June.
July 12, 2017
This year brought us no shortage of harbingers of the retail apocalypse.
Dec. 25, 2017
Entertainment & Arts
If you could capture all the simple joys of being a kid--building sandcastles, biking around the neighborhood with your pals, running and jumping and acting silly just for the heck of it--and set them all to music, you’d have a pretty good idea of what Parachute Express sounds like.
June 28, 1990
Gymboree agrees to $1.8-billion buyout
Oct. 11, 2010
Children’s clothing retailer Gymboree Corp. has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as it looks to reorganize and reduce its debt.
June 12, 2017
Retail: After two years as top executive, Lisa Harper has the kids’ clothes chain moving in the right direction again by fine-tuning inventory and thinking young.
Jan. 22, 2002
The retailer of children’s clothing posts a quarterly loss that matches what analysts had expected.
Aug. 18, 2004