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Syms Corp (styled as SYMS) was an off-price retail clothing store chain, founded by Sy Syms in Its headquarters was in Secaucus, New Jersey, where it became a public company, traded on the New York Stock Exchange (SYM) in The company also owned Filene's Basement, which it acquired in June

At its height, the company and its subsidiary collectively owned and operated a chain of 55 "off-price" retail stores in 16 states; the company employed approximately 3, full and part-time workers.

Each SYMS and Filene's Basement store offered a broad range of merchandise from nationally recognized designer or brand-name labels for men, women, and children.^{[citation needed]}

On November 2, , SYMS and Filene's Basement collectively filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

All SYMS and Filene's Basement stores were closed at the end of December ^{[citation needed]}

History

In , after a dispute with his brother over the clothing store they had inhe