5-7-9 is a low to mid-end fashion retailer, commonly found in malls throughout the continental

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, and formerly

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. It is a sister company to

Rainbow Shops Rainbow USA Inc. (commonly referred to as Rainbow Shops or simply Rainbow) is a privately held, moderately priced American retail apparel chain comprising several lifestyle brands primarily targeting teenagers and young women. The company is he ...

. The chain offers mid to low-priced fashions for young teens and young women between 13 and 22 years of age. The store's name refers to the junior miss

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the store specializes in.

History

In ,

Edison Brothers Stores Edison Brothers Stores, Inc., was a retail conglomerate based in St. Louis, Missouri. It operated numerous retail chains mainly located in shopping malls, mostly in the fields of shoes, clothing and entertainment, with Bakers Shoes as its flagship ...

purchased the 5-7-9 chain, making it one of numerous clothing and shoe chains the company expanded nationwide. In , Edison Brothers, which had gone bankrupt and was being liquidated, sold the 5-7-9 stores to a newly formed subsidiary of A.I.J.J. Enterprises, Inc., owner of

. Rainbow is headquartered in

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References

{{Reflist Clothing retailers of the United States Companies that filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 1995 Companies that filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 1999