In 2015, Ann Inc. was acquired by , marking the end of its run as an independent publicly traded company. Later, in 2020, thePremium Group Holdings acquired the Ann Taylor and LOFT brands out of bankruptcy from Ascena.
The data series "anninc992i" represents per capita national income from the World Inequality Database and is a core metric used in the March 2022 paper "In Search of Sabotage" by James McMahon and Blair Fix. This research leverages the data to construct a power index, finding that rising business power, defined via Veblen’s concept of sabotage, correlates with increased income inequality post-1980. The full paper can be found at the Bichler and Nitzan Archives . anninc992i