Displaced workers have responded by posting angry signs in vacant store windows. Wet Seal is reportedly only keeping West Coast locations open, while shutting down hundreds of stores across America.

FILE - In this July 2, 2013, file photo, Shianne Penoli walks past the future location of Wet Seal at the Mount Shasta Mall in Redding, Calif. Wet Seal, a teen clothing retailer, has filed for ...

Three employees of teen-clothing store Wet ... store window on Sunday afternoon, had become the top story on the website Reddit by Monday morning. Friesner, who has worked for Wet Seal for eight ...

Teen-focused retailer Wet Seal LLC sought chapter 11 protection Thursday, the latest victim of market headwinds—declining traffic, changing consumer preferences and the popularity of online ...