In the Window: Kira Plastinina Wants to Know If You Need Any Dummies

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A tipster sends in this last gasp from the Kira Plastinina on Beverly Drive with a note that read, "Tragic on several levels." The pink-obsessed chain, the brainchild of a teenage Russian heiress, lasted only seven glorious months in the US before going bankrupt this winter.
· Kira Plastinina USA Bankrupt, $54M in Debt [Racked]