Ascena Retail receives $41M offer for plus-size women's chain

FullBeauty Brands Operations has won an auction to acquire Catherine's, a plus-size women's clothing retailer, from Ascena Retail Group for $41 million. FullBeauty is a direct-to-consumer retailer with online and mail order operations including several plus-size businesses — Woman Within, Roaman’s, Jessica London, ellos, Swimsuits For All, KingSize and fullbeauty.com.