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NEW YORK -- Lane Bryant is coming home for its 100th anniversary.
The retailer, a division of Charming Shoppes Inc., is preparing to cut the ribbon on a signature store at 7 West 34th Street on Thursday.
Manhattan has been without a store under the Lane Bryant nameplate for about 10 years. The brand began in New York in 1904 when the founder, Lena Bryant, opened a maternity shop on Fifth Avenue between 119th and 120th Streets. The name was changed to Lane Bryant because of a typographical mistake on the bank loan.
While Manhattan has been without a Lane Bryant unit, 19 of the chain's 712 doors are in the...