FRAN - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/tag/fran/ Building "Bridges" Across the Bayou City! Mon, 14 Dec 2020 19:37:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://i0.wp.com/houstonnewmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/cropped-cropped-Houston.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 FRAN - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/tag/fran/ 32 32 103504436 Francesca’s warns state of plans to close headquarters, lay off employees amid bankruptcy https://houstonnewmedia.org/francescas-warns-state-of-plans-to-close-headquarters-lay-off-employees-amid-bankruptcy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=francescas-warns-state-of-plans-to-close-headquarters-lay-off-employees-amid-bankruptcy Mon, 14 Dec 2020 19:37:55 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=dfb9684429f341db2131ce36d99727f1 Houston-based Francesca’s Holdings Corp. (Nasdaq: FRAN) might close its headquarters at 8760 Clay Road and lay off all of the employees there, the company reported in a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act letter. 

About 223 employees are...

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]]> 95969 Houston-based national retailer issues ‘going concern’ warning amid Covid-19 fallout https://houstonnewmedia.org/houston-based-national-retailer-issues-going-concern-warning-amid-covid-19-fallout/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=houston-based-national-retailer-issues-going-concern-warning-amid-covid-19-fallout Tue, 05 May 2020 13:19:11 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=e5afc092d0eb0cc7904f1f3da256da25 Houston-based retailer Francesca's Holdings Corp. (Nasdaq: FRAN) had been trying to improve its financial performance in recent years.

Then Covid-19 hit, and the company — like the vast majority of retailers — had to close all of its boutiques on Mar...

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]]> 41686 Houston-based national retailer names new CEO after year-long interim period https://houstonnewmedia.org/houston-based-national-retailer-names-new-ceo-after-year-long-interim-period/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=houston-based-national-retailer-names-new-ceo-after-year-long-interim-period Thu, 13 Feb 2020 23:10:44 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=3296a700288dc879fed994a6ff1d5a67 Houston-based retailer Francesca's Holdings Corp. (Nasdaq: FRAN) will soon have a permanent CEO after more than a year with an interim executive in the role.

Andrew Clarke will become president, CEO and a member of the board of directors on March 9.
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]]> 18153 Houston-based national retailer starts CEO search amid turnaround efforts https://houstonnewmedia.org/houston-based-national-retailer-starts-ceo-search-amid-turnaround-efforts/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=houston-based-national-retailer-starts-ceo-search-amid-turnaround-efforts Tue, 10 Dec 2019 19:22:02 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=e65fc8ee6299825ab55b18a6c4e37ca9 Houston-based Francesca's Holdings Corp. (Nasdaq: FRAN) has hired an executive search firm to begin the formal search for a permanent CEO, the company announced in its fiscal third-quarter earnings results released Dec. 10.

Michael Prendergast, a sen...

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