Ascena Retail Group
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Retail (women's clothing) |
| Predecessor | Dressbarn |
| Founded | February 13, 1962, in Stamford, Connecticut, United States |
| Founders | Roslyn Jaffe, Elliot Jaffe |
| Headquarters | Mahwah, New Jersey, United States |
Number of locations | 2,764 (Feb. 2020) |
Area served | United States, Canada, Puerto Rico, Mexico |
Key people | Lizanne Kindler (CEO) |
| Products | Women's clothing products (district stores for young women and older women) |
| Revenue | US$5.493 billion (2019) |
| US$-782 million (2019) | |
| US$-661 million (2019) | |
| Total assets | US$ 2.7 billion (2019) |
| Total equity | US$ 151 million (2019) |
| Owner | Sycamore Partners |
Number of employees | 53,000 (Aug. 2019) |
| Subsidiaries | Ann Taylor Cacique Catherines Lane Bryant Lou & Grey LOFT Justice |
| Website | www |
Ascena Retail Group, Inc. was an American retailer of women's clothing. Ascena also owns Lane Bryant clothing store brand, and is the parent company of Ann Inc., operator of Ann Taylor and Loft stores. In 2023 the remaining brands of Ascena were merged with other acquired assets of Sycamore Partners to become KnitWell Group.
Chairman Emeritus Elliot Jaffe and his wife and co-founder, Roslyn, own about 25% of Ascena.