The Wet Seal Inc. is a specialty retailer operating stores selling fashionable and contemporary apparel as well as accessory items for female customers in the United States. The company operates mall-based chain of retail stores under the names Wet Seal and Arden B. It operates 504 retail stores in 47 states, Puerto Rico and Washington D.C. The company's Wet Seal brand is a junior apparel brand for teenage girls. Its stores feature products from other retailers, including Aeropostale, Anthropologie, Abercrombie & Fitch, Charlotte Russe, Gap, Banana Republic, H&M and Old Navy, to name a few.