It’s been nearly four years since Filene’s Basement filed for bankruptcy, closed its doors, and joined the retail graveyard. But the designer and name brand discount retailer is back from the dead.

After acquiring off-price retailer Filene's Basement last year, Syms Corp. is beginning to co-brand more and more of its 50-store fleet. The Secaucus, N.J.-based Syms also announced it has hired Joel ...

Filene’s Basement, the off-price chain that was born of the bargain basement of Boston’s eminent department store Filene’s, is rising from the ashes of its bankruptcy four years ago. The company, now ...

This holiday season will be the last for two iconic discount clothing retailers with historic Jewish roots: Filene’s Basement and Syms, which acquired the former in 2009. Both recently declared ...

Boston shoppers react to the loss of a famous Boston brand that has drawn shoppers downtown for generations. Federated Department Stores, which also operates Macy's, has announced that when it ...

The return of the old Filene’s building as the epicenter of shopping in downtown Boston is nearly complete. On Wednesday, the Irish clothing chain Primark announced it would open its first US store in ...

Filene’s Basement is officially on the block, but the move by parent Retail Ventures Inc. might not be enough to stave off a bankruptcy filing by the off-pricer. Retail Ventures said in a regulatory ...

NEW YORK — Samuel Gerson, chairman and chief executive of Filene’s Basement from 1984 to 2000 and instrumental in expanding the chain and its famous “automatic markdown” feature from Boston to several ...

CHICAGO (CBS)-- You won't be seeing long lines on State Street in the wee hours of the morning anymore for the running of the brides at Filene's Basement. Bargain shoppers will be sad to hear that the ...

BOSTON Two years have passed since the demolition of Filene’s Basement, where generations of Bostonians tussled over cut-rate designer clothes in a dingy but fiercely loved downtown store. In its ...

No New Year’s Day hangover for me as 2012 unfurls. Instead I’ve got a roaring case of the Filene’s Basement Out-of-Business Blues. By Jan. 1, after more than a century as America’s first and probably ...