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Brooks Brothers post-bankruptcy comeback focuses on casual clothes

The company plans to launch an athleisure line, a product mix with other casual items and a mascot, Henry the Sheep

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New York-based Brooks Brothers will try adding more relaxed shirts, suits and bottoms, along with items like knits and sweaters Photo: Reuters

Lauren Coleman-Lochner | Bloomberg
A year of remote work has forced many to rethink what post-pandemic office life will be like — including the retailer that has been dressing businesspeople for 200 years.
 
That’s the idea behind a series of initiatives from Brooks Brothers as it plots a relaunch after exiting bankruptcy last year. There’s a new athleisure line, a product mix with other casual items and a mascot: Henry the Sheep.
 
The move is overdue, said Ken Ohashi, who took over as chief executive officer in January with a plan to capture more of Brooks Brothers’s regular customers’ spending. Even before