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• Limited Brands sheds clothing business

  - 2007-07-10

  COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Limited Brands Inc., repositioning itself as a lingerie and beauty products retailer, stepped away from the apparel business Monday by giving up majority ownership of its former flagship clothing store. The operator of Victoria's Secret and Bath & Body Works said it had agreed to...

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• Limited Brands reaches out to Louisiana employees

  - 2005-09-14

  Retail operator Limited Brands is asking employees who have not yet been in touch to contact the company at 800-765-7465 or directly at 614-415-3600. These numbers are staffed 24 hours a day, seven days a week, to provide support for displaced employees. The company is also encouraging...

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• Limited Brands posts 19 percent rise in same-store sales.

  - 2004-07-09

  By Jeffrey Sheban, The Columbus Dispatch, Ohio Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 9--A new approach to discounts helped Limited Brands post impressive sales gains in June while most other retailers, including Federated Department Stores, Gap and Wal-Mart, had lackluster results. ...

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• Columbus, Ohio-Based Limited Brands to Close Nine Aura Science Stores.

  - 2004-01-14

  By Tracy Turner, The Columbus Dispatch, Ohio Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 14--Limited Brands Inc. is closing its nine Aura Science stores, including a store at Easton Town Center, but that won't be the end of the customized skin-care products and cosmetics...

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• Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas, Arlington Real Estate Column.

  - 2003-02-27

  By Steve McLinden, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 27--CLOSURES: Seven retailers and a restaurant have closed or will close at various east Arlington locations. Hardest hit is Six Flags Mall, which has lost five national chain ...

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• Retail Chain The Limited Inc. Seeks Change of Venue for Indianapolis Trial.

  - 2002-09-04

  By Dana Knight, The Indianapolis Star Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 4--The feud between Glendale Mall and The Limited Inc. has resurfaced, months after a judge ordered four high-profile stores owned by The Limited to remain open at the Northeastside mall. ...

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• Bath & Body Works Parent Posts Profit Increase in Fourth-Quarter.

  - 2002-03-02

  The Times-News, Twin Falls, Idaho Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 2--TWIN FALLS -- Ohio-based Intimate Brands -- which has a Bath & Body Works store in Twin Falls and will open a Victoria's Secret store here this year -- on Thursday said...

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• The Times-News, Twin Falls, Idaho, Money In Brief Column.

  - 2002-03-01

  The Times-News, Twin Falls, Idaho Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 1--TWIN FALLS Idaho--Ohio-based Intimate Brands -- which has a Bath & Body Works store in Twin Falls and will open a Victoria's Secret store here this year -- on Thursday said comparable-store...

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• Limited Inc. to buy back remaining portion of Intimate Brands Inc., The

  - 2002-02-11

  The Deal: The Limited Inc., which owns 84 percent of Intimate Brands, Inc., is offering to buy back the 16 percent it doesn't own in a stock transaction. Limited is offering 1.046 shares of Limited for each share of Intimate Class A common stock (approximately $18.57 per share at current...

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• The Miami Herald Newsmakers Column.

  - 2001-05-28

  By Angel L. Doval, The Miami Herald Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 28--BARBARA CAMPBELL has gone from burgers to bras. Campbell was recently promoted to regional vice president for the Southeastern United States for lingerie retailer Intimate Brands, which operates Victoria's...

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