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Bankruptcy Court in Delaware. The company said in those documents that it plans to close the stores with- in the next two months. The company will hold out of sales and also intends to sell its intellectual property. Reu- ters reported that the company has about 4,900 workers, is $194.4 mil- lion in debt and the retailer has struggled by pivot to on- line shopping. This is the third rue21 bankruptcy previous were in in 2003 and 2017.
During the latter ing, the company close about 400 stores, Reuters reported. USA Today reported that the com- pany was founded in 1970 as Penn- sylvania Fashions Inc. In 2003, it ex- ited its initial bankruptcy and re- named itself rue21. There are 12 rue21 stores in Wis- consin. Among those, there are two in Madison, one in Appleton, and two in the Milwaukee area.
The Milwaukee-area stores are at Southridge Mall in Greendale and at Square Mall in The Madison locations are at the East Towne Mall and the West Towne Mall. location is at the Fox River Mall. Other locations are in Baraboo, Eau Claire, Green Bay, Janesville, Johnson Creek, La Crosse and Osh- kosh. Retailer rue21 to close all its stores David Clarey Milwaukee Journal Sentinel USA TODAY NETWORK WISCONSIN Rue21 will close 400 stores, including 12 in Wisconsin. TODAY NETWORK-WISCONSIN A new federal rule will require airlines to refund travelers who face travel issues and should ease headaches for those trying to get refunds.
The U.S. Department of Transporta- tion rule, or regulation, requires air- lines to issue automatic refunds in vari- ous situations, like a major shift in an ar- rival time or luggage delays. A news re- lease announcing the regulation said that, prior to this, airlines dictated their own standards for refunds in these situ- ations and varied from company to com- pany. deserve to get their mon- ey back when an airline owes them without headaches or said U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete But- tigieg in an April 24 news release on the regulation.
new rule sets a new standard to require airlines to promptly provide cash refunds to their passen- The release also detailed that the de- partment is working on establishing other regulations, like banning fees to have a family sit together on a im- prove quality for people in wheel- chairs; and to make passenger compen- sation and amenities required in the case of delays or cancelations. what to know about the new federal regulation: When passengers can get a refund There are three ways that travelers can receive a refund, according to the re- lease. First, they'll receive a refund if a is canceled or in the event of cantly changed The latter is in the release as departures or arrival times altered more than three hours for domestic or six hours for international in- creases in the number of connections; departing or arriving from a airport than intended; when a traveler is downgraded to a lower service class; or when a person with a disability is switched to a connection at an airport that is less accessible or accommodating to them. New rule requires automatic refunds over canceled David Clarey Milwaukee Journal Sentinel USA TODAY NETWORK WISCONSIN See REFUNDS, Page 2B.
