I have several nieces so I stopped at Claire's to see what kind of fun accessories I could find for them.
The store has a lot of merchandise, so it's a bit overwhelming to walk around and find stuff...there's so much....they focus a lot on earrings and fashion jewelry for girls. But you can also find scarves, head wear, games and much more.....
The story of this corporate chain started in 1961, when Rowland Schaefer founded Fashion Tress Industries, a company that sold wigs and became the world's largest retailer for fashion wigs.
In 1973, Fashion Tress acquired Claire's, a 25-store jewelry chain, and began shifting its focus towards a line of fashion jewelry and accessories under the new name, Claire's Accessories, Inc. Claire's Accessories began providing ear piercing services in 1978 and, in 1980, established a Hong Kong-based sourcing office.
During the 1980s, Claire's Accessories opened new stores throughout the United States and bought Topkapi, a Japanese chain of 16 stores, in 1989.
Claire's Accessories continued acquiring companies in the 1990s creating a large network of specialty fashion jewelry store, mostly in shopping malls. read more