Claire’s, an ear piercing and trendy fashion retailer found in many malls across America, is planning to close 290 nationwide, including its outpost at the Plymouth Meeting Mall in Plymouth Meeting (Plymouth Township). The plan follows a 2018 bankruptcy and another in 2025. During August 2025, Claire’s sold its North American business for $104 million to Ames Watson, a private equity firm based in New York and Washington, DC. The details for the closures were included in recent bankruptcy documents.
The stores closing in Pennsylvania are:
- Lancaster
- Johnstown
- Philadelphia – Franklin Mills
- State College
- Indiana
- York
- Stroudsburg
- Bensalem
- Hazleton
- Washington
- Gettysburg
- Plymouth Meeting
- Dubois
- Philadelphia – 2329 Cottman Avenue
- Easton
- Homestead