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Battlefield Mall houses one of the area’s three Christopher & Banks stores.
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Battlefield Mall houses one of the area’s three Christopher & Banks stores.

Christopher & Banks closing 3 area stores

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Chicago-based Christopher & Banks Corp. (OTC: CBKC) is closing three local stores after filing for bankruptcy.

The specialty women’s apparel retailer is shuttering a store inside Battlefield Mall, as well as two Branson shops – at Branson Landing and Tanger Outlets, according to a news release.

Hilco Merchant Resources LLC is slated to conduct liquidation sales at the stores on behalf of Christopher & Banks.

Specific closure date targets were not disclosed in the release, and an official with Chicago-based Hilco could not be reached for comment by deadline.

The local stores are among more than 400 closing nationwide as part of the bankruptcy process, according to the release.

Christopher & Banks Corp. announced the Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing yesterday.

“Since the start of the COVID pandemic, we have taken aggressive steps to protect our business while continuing to serve our customers in a healthy and safe environment," President and CEO Keri Jones said in a separate news release. "Despite the tremendous advancements we have made in executing our strategic plan, due to the financial distress resulting from the pandemic and its ongoing impact, we elected to initiate this process and pursue a potential sale of the business in whole or in part to position the company for the future."

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