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Charming Charlie
Private equity firm Hancock Park Capital backed Charming Charlie through SEC-registered equity offerings beginning in 2013. The jewelry and accessories chain filed Chapter 11 twice, in 2017 and 2019, closing all stores for good by August 31, 2019.
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Record updated Sept. 4, 2026
Current ownership
Current owner not established
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Ownership and transaction history
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Aug. 31, 2019
Operations ceased
Operating outcome
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Operating outcome
No longer meaningfully operating
Filed a first Chapter 11 in November 2017, closing 100 of 375 stores and emerging in April 2018; filed a second Chapter 11 in July 2019 and closed all 261 remaining stores by August 31, 2019.
A brief attempt to relaunch 50-75 stores was announced in late 2019, but the company shut those down again in 2022 after failing to reach profitability; no Charming Charlie store operates today.
- Founded
- 2004
- Sponsor at closure
- Hancock Park Capital
- SEC (Charming Charlie Holdings Inc. Form D, company primary) · 2014 · Hancock Park Capital III, L.P. listed as a promoter/related person in a $78.99 million equity offering by Charming Charlie Holdings Inc., first sale December 24
- SEC (Charming Charlie Holdings Inc. Form D, company primary) · 2016 · Hancock Park Capital III, L.P. again listed as promoter in a Series A Preferred Stock offering
- Wikipedia · founded 2004 by Charlie Chanaratsopon; November 2017 first Chapter 11 and 375-store peak; April 2018 emergence; July 2019 second Chapter 11; all 261 remaining s
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