1.0 link 152332 <![CDATA[Kira Plastinina, 16-Year-Old Daughter Of Russian Tycoon, Closes U.S. Clothing Stores]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/12/19/kira-plastinina-16-year-o_n_152332.html All 12 Kira Plastinina stores in the U.S. will close their doors today at 6 p.m., a scant seven months after the first units opened.

On Thursday, a sign outside the Kira Plastinina store at 22 West 34th Street read, "Going out of business, best deal ever!" "Tomorrow at 6 p.m. is the last day," said a store employee. "Everything is 70 percent off. All the stores in the U.S. are closing tomorrow."

Calls to the company's corporate office, KP Fashion Company...

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