Founded in 2002, the store has nearly 40 locations nationwide, including in Columbia, Towson, Bethesda, and Arlington.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The owners and staff members of AKIRA are celebrating 21 years of style and fashion. The apparel brand opened it first store in the wicker park neighborhood more than two decades ago.

The co-founders, all alumni of the University, may not have expected their Chicago clothing store Akira would be such a success. “I graduated in 1998 with a bachelor’s in nursing,” Cotay said, who ...

Akira, the Chicago-based apparel and shoe retailer, will open its flagship store at East 53rd Street and South Lake Park Avenue this fall, bringing one of the city’s major retailers to Hyde Park. The ...

Our spies tell us an incognito Katy Perry in oversized sunglasses and a headband was spotted shopping at Akira Wednesday, scooping up an Akira dress, bangles and shoes. She also picked out a Ben ...