Article: Dylex loses $3.5 mil in six months. (Canadian retailer)

Article: Wet Seal is diving into retail merger.
The Orange County Register (Santa Ana, California) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News);  January 27, 2006 ;     700+ words ...Byline: Hang Nguyen Jan. 27--Wet Seal Inc. of Foothill Ranch is offering to...retailer in a proposed deal that would double Wet Seal's store count. The company said it agreed...holiday sales. The acquisition signals that Wet Seal is ready to expand again after years of...

Article: Lost Bid Doesn't Faze Wet Seal Investors
Orange County Business Journal;  February 27, 2006 ;     691 words ...Wall Street doesn't seem to mind Wet Seal Inc.'s latest loss. The Foothill Ranch-bas...bankrupt New York-based clothing chain. Wet Seal initially offered $15.2 million for G...financial backing on the deal. Analysts say Wet Seal doesn't need G+G to continue its turnaround...

Article: WET SEAL'S FASHIONABLE REDO.(new fashion line)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
WWD;  April 16, 2001 ;     664 words ...FOOTHILL RANCH, Calif. -- For Wet Seal, back to basics just didn't cut it. After...rolling out prototype formats for its Wet Seal and Arden B. units to reflect that strategy...company is revamping some of its 225 core Wet Seal stores to include brighter interiors...

Article: Company to Watch: Wet Seal Inc.
Orange County Business Journal;  December 13, 2004 ;     320 words ...Company to Watch: Wet Seal Inc. We picked Foothill Ranch-based Wet Seal to watch in 2004 on the prospect of a turnaround. The...retailer proved worth watching for more gloomy reasons. Wet Seal continues to struggle with quarterly sales declines...

Article: WET SEAL NAMES PETER WHITFORD CEO.
WWD;  May 30, 2003 ;     700+ words ...COSTA MESA, Calif. -- The Wet Seal Inc. tapped Peter Whitford chief executive...off sites. Whitford officially joins Wet Seal, based in Foothill Ranch, Calif...Sometimes it's best to be blunt, said Wet Seal chairman Irving Teitelbaum, in opening...

Article: WET SEAL STARTS NEW FOR BACK-TO-SCHOOL.
WWD;  June 10, 2004 ;     610 words ...Byline: Julee Greenberg NEW YORK -- Wet Seal is looking for a fresh start. The Foothill...declines. The company, which operates 474 Wet Seal specialty stores nationwide, is starting...investors and industry analysts here Tuesday. Wet Seal's chief executive officer, Peter Whitford...

Article: Wet Seal makes waves; the successful junior chain store is expanding across the country. (California supplement) (company profile)
WWD;  August 9, 1989 ;     700+ words ...Wet Seal Makes Waves The successful junior chain...place at least, there is a sign of life. In Wet Seal, a 5,000-square-foot junior store, it is...sales, on its way to becoming a $3 million Wet Seal branch. Wet Seal is rapidly emerging as...

Article: Wet Seal makes bid for 508 bankrupt County Seat Stores.
WWD;  December 12, 1996 ;     695 words ...NEW YORK -- Wet Seal Inc. pulled off one neat trick bringing...this time with County Seat Stores Inc. Wet Seal said Wednesday that it made a proposal...since Oct. 17. The acquisition would lift Wet Seal's store count to about 900 and establish...

Article: George Soros Buys Into Wet Seal's Turnaround
Orange County Business Journal;  March 5, 2007 ;     700+ words ......million shares-about $6.9 million worth-of Foothill Ranch-based teen retailer Wet Seal Inc. Perhaps Soros got a sneak peek at Wet Seal's new spring line? Or maybe Wet Seal's turnaround has knocked his socks off? Nah. "He doesn't care one iotu about...

Article: California-Based Retailer Wet Seal Offers New Line in Challenging Time.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  October 26, 1998 ;     700+ words ......These should be the best of times at Wet Seal. The nation's leading retailer of junior...the juniors who flock to the company's Wet Seal, Contempo Casuals and Limbo Lounge formats...open by April -- comes at a time when Wet Seal is slipping on Wall Street. Shares hit...

Article: Wet Seal's Next Test: Profits, Adding Stores
Orange County Business Journal;  January 23, 2006 ;     693 words ......the hard part for Foothill Ranchbased Wet Seal Inc. The teen clothing retailer has been...downturn that started in 2004. In December, Wet Seal beat Wall Street expectations with a 39...the 12th straight monthly increase for Wet Seal. "Management has done a really impressive...

Article: WET SEAL'S WALLER TARGETS RIVAL IN REVAMP.(Joel Waller)
WWD;  March 2, 2005 ;     700+ words ......chief executive officer of teen retailer Wet Seal, seemed embarrassed about the ceremonial...expansive setting speaks to a period when Wet Seal was at the top, helping to dictate teen fashions. More recently, however, Wet Seal has lost cachet with customers, narrowly...

Article: After Wet Seal: Bronstein speaks
Orange County Business Journal;  August 25, 2003 ;     700+ words ......chief executive of Foothill Ranch-based Wet Seal Inc. had no time for the sand. "I had...my walking crew-many of whom are former Wet Seal employees-have walked that beach about...spent 18 years (11 as chief executive) at Wet Seal, a young women's fashion retailer, before...

Article: WET SEAL NAMES WALLER CEO.
WWD;  December 20, 2004 ;     371 words ...Byline: Amy S. Choi NEW YORK -- Troubled Wet Seal is turning to an industry veteran to be...was named chief executive officer of The Wet Seal Inc., effective Feb. 1, 2005. With 27...belt, Waller will be taking the helm of Wet Seal from Peter Whitford, who resigned Nov...