Claire's Stores, a PE-backed specialty retailer, has filed to raise $100 million in an initial public offering. The company expects to list on the NYSE under the ticker symbol CLRS. Owned by Apollo Global Management, Claire's sells fashionable jewelry and accessories for young women, teens, tweens and kids through more than 3,000 stores in 41 countries. Apollo acquired the company for about $3.1 billion in 2007.
