Mary, Mary Quite Bankrupt

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Another one bites the dust: Mary Norton, a designer who sells at the likes of Saks and has a store in LA, has filed for bankruptcy. The stores have already closed after hosting deep-discount sales, and Mary attributes the failure to that catch-all in these times: "harsh economic conditions." [Timely Demise]