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Pierced Ears to Private Equity: The Rise and Fall of Claire’s

Pierced Ears to Private Equity: The Rise and Fall of Claire’s

Update: 2021-01-28

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RIP Corp is a Charts & Leisure production. Find us at ripcorp.biz, or follow us @ripcorpdotbiz on Twitter and Instagram, for all your dead business needs.

RIP Corp is written and hosted by Ingrid Burrington, with research and fact-checking from Matt Giles. Produced by Meghal Janardan and Mike Rugnetta. Original music and sound design from Andrew Atkin and Michael Simonelli. Design and illustration by Beatriz Lozano and Megan Mulholland. Executive produced by Jason Oberholtzer.

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Pierced Ears to Private Equity: The Rise and Fall of Claire’s

Pierced Ears to Private Equity: The Rise and Fall of Claire’s

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