Claire's

Summary

Claire's is a retail chain^[1]. Claire's ranks in the top 6% of retail_chain entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (833 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Claire's is in the country of United States^[3].
• Claire's's instance of is recorded as retail chain^[4].
• Claire's is owned by Apollo Global Management^[5].
• Claire's's headquarters location is recorded as Hoffman Estates^[6].
• Claire's's headquarters location is recorded as Illinois^[7].
• Claire's's Commons category is recorded as Claire's Stores, Inc.^[8].
• Claire's's industry is recorded as retail^[9].
• 1961 marks the founding of Claire's^[10].
• Claire's ended on April 27, 2026^[11].
• Claire's's official website is recorded as https://www.claires.com/?lang=en_GB^[12].
• Claire's's official website is recorded as https://www.claires.com/us/^[13].
• Claire's's official website is recorded as https://www.claires.co.uk^[14].
• Claire's's described at URL is recorded as https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdxkxxvd3z4o^[15].
• Claire's's described at URL is recorded as https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cg4047qnpk2o^[16].
• Claire's's employees is recorded as {'amount': '+17600'}^[17].
• Claire's's legal form is recorded as privately held company^[18].
• Claire's's legal form is recorded as public company^[19].
• Claire's's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+66859'}^[20].
• Claire's's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+244000'}^[21].
• Claire's's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+65473'}^[22].
• Claire's's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+65004'}^[23].
• Claire's's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+237000'}^[24].
• Claire's's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+235000'}^[25].
• Claire's's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+234000'}^[26].
• Claire's's location information URL is recorded as https://stores.claires.com/^[27].

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Founding

1961 marks the founding of Claire's^[10].

Operations

Headquarters locations include Hoffman Estates^[6], a village of Illinois^[28], in United States^[29] and Illinois^[7], an U.S. state^[30], in United States^[31], founded in 1818^[32].

Industry

Claire's's industry is recorded as retail^[9].

Ownership

Claire's is owned by Apollo Global Management^[5].

Why It Matters

Claire's ranks in the top 6% of retail_chain entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (833 views/month).^[2] Claire's has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[33] Claire's is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[34]