Lingerie retailer Frederick’s of Hollywood closes all of its stores

Anyone looking to buy racy women’s lingerie from Frederick’s of Hollywood will apparently have to do their shopping online after the struggling retailer shuttered its remaining brick-and-mortar stores.

That’s according to the company’s website, which features the following message on the site’s “store locator” page: “We no longer have store locations. Our online store offers the same selection of products.” The page directs visitors to Frederick’s online store and includes a limited-time offer for free shipping.

The company’s store closures were first reported by local media in Los Angeles, where Frederick’s is based. A company spokesman did not immediately respond to Fortune‘s request for comment.

In February, Frederick’s said it planned to shut down 31 stores, which represented roughly one-third of its locations, by this month. Those closures were to include the company’s flagship store in Hollywood. The Wall Street Journal reported at the time that the company had hired liquidators the Great American Group to help wind down operations at those stores.

Now, it appears Frederick’s has decided to go for an online-only retail strategy as the company tries to avoid its second bankruptcy in less than two decades. The company has endured declining sales and mounting losses as it has struggled to compete with more popular lingerie brands such as Victoria’s Secret. Buyers led by the Harbinger Group took Frederick’s private in a 2013 deal that valued the company at about $11 million.

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No pools, concerts or lingerie on state aid, Kansas says

The US state of Kansas has tightened its rules on how welfare recipients can spend their aid, banning the purchase of concert tickets, lingerie and dozens of other leisure items.

US Governor Sam Brownback signed the law on Thursday, saying it would encourage people to get back to work.

Other states prevent welfare recipients from buying alcohol and cigarettes with government aid.

But the revised Kansas list appears to be the most extensive in the US.

Senate Minority Leader Democrat Anthony Hensley called it “a punitive and highly judgmental piece of legislation” while national commentators such as The Daily Show’s Jon Stewart have ridiculed the law.

But other critics question whether such restrictions can be enforced.

Shannon Cotsoradis, president and CEO of the advocacy group Kansas Action for Children, said the list had attracted national attention because “it feels mean-spirited.”

“It really seems to make a statement about how we feel about the poor,” she said.

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