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 University of Chicago is bringing Akira, the apparel and shoes retailer, to Hyde Park, to occupy the majority of the first-floor space in the former Borders building at 1539 E. 53rd St. The new ...

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 ...

AKIRA, a women’s clothing boutique brand founded in Chicago, recently opened a location in the Arundel Mills Mall. Founded in 2002, the store has nearly 40 locations nationwide, including in ...