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The Wet Seal, Inc., a specialty retailer, operates stores that sell fashionable and contemporary apparel and accessory items designed for female customers. The company operates primarily two mall-based chains of retail stores under the Wet Seal and Arden B names. Its Wet Seal stores provide fashionable and basic apparel and accessories for girls; and Arden B stores offer contemporary fashion, dresses, and sportswear separates and accessories for the contemporary woman. In addition, the company operates Web-based stores, including wetseal.com that provides Wet Seal merchandise; and ardenb.com, which offers Arden B merchandise. As of January 29, 2011, it operated a total of 558 stores, including 472 Wet Seal stores and 86 Arden B stores in 47 states and Puerto Rico. The company was founded in 1962 and is headquartered in Foothill Ranch, California.