Charlotte Russe

Charlotte Russe's 2019 liquidation closed 500+ stores of the young women's fashion chain. The company had filed bankruptcy in 2017, emerged, then filed again in 2019 when the turnaround failed. Fast fashion competition and online shopping made mall-based young women's retail unviable. Charlotte Russe joined Wet Seal, dELiA*s, and other teen retailers in the 2015-2019 extinction event.