Dressbarn.com (branded as dressbarn) is an online retailer owned by Retail Ecommerce Ventures. Its predecessor is the former chain of women's clothing stores owned by Ascena which operated as Dressbarn from 1962 until 2019. Since 2020, it is owned by

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-based Retail Ecommerce Ventures. The first Dressbarn was opened in February 1962 by Roslyn Jaffe in

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. Jaffe stocked wear-to-work dresses and clothing for working women during an era of women entering the workforce in greater numbers. The company began trading on

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(symbol DBRN) in 1982. In January 2011, to reflect its broader holdings, the company was reorganized as a

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named Ascena Retail Group, Inc.,with its NASDAQ symbol changed to ASNA in 2011. On May 21, 2019, Ascena Retail Group announced that its 650 DressBarn Stores would be closing, which occurred that December 26th. Eventually, the Dressbarn brand was sold by Ascena to Retail Ecommerce Ventures, then newly established by Tai Lopez and Alex Mehr, with the site relaunched in 2020.

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