2008 type public industry retail founded 1991 headquarters minneapolis minnesota united states products apparel number of employees 280 website acornstores.com acorn stores was a chain clothing company in the united states . it was originally part of michael l. wallace inc. 1 history edit in november 2004 christopher & banks acquired acorn from gilmore brothers inc. 2 as of july 2008 there were 39 acorn stores in 14 states . on july 31 2008 it was announced that every store would be closed by december 31 2008 as the acorn division lost more than 4 000 000 in 2008 . 3 references edit acorn stores gets approval of chap . 11 plan . michael l. wallace inc. brief article . daily news record . july 1 1993 . retrieved 2008 08 12 . christopher & banks corp. completed its acquisition of acorn stores from gilmore bros. soft lines . chain store age . 1 december 2004 . retrieved 2008 08 12 . c & b corporation to close acorn division external links edit official website this united states retail business article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title acorn stores & oldid 743567496 categories clothing retailers of the united statesclothing brands of the united statescompanies based in minneapolisunited states retail company stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages simple english edit links this page was last modified on 10 october 2016 at 06 32 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view