A hearing on Warnaco's plan to close the outlets is scheduled for Sept. 17.
A court, responding to a complaint by a competitor, ordered two big DIY chains near Paris to close the outlets they had been opening on Sundays.
As an alternative, the Saudi government has begun encouraging loyalists to condemn and pursue those suspected of online dissent rather than close the outlets altogether.
The retailer has called time on having the Monsoon and Accessorize brands in a single shop and will close the dual outlets across the country as their leases expire over the next five years.
In court papers filed Friday, the company asked Judge Richard L. Bohanon in Manhattan for permission to close the Calvin Klein outlets in 13 states, saying the stores were either unprofitable or "marginally performing".
He described the decision by the Moray-based firm to close the two outlets as "very regrettable".
Philippe Nouveau, the city's chief finance official and a supporter of the project, said the city negotiated an agreement with its owners to close the Rue Nationale outlet, called Les Arcades, and build apartments on the site.
As president, he said, he would streamline the bureaucracy, strengthen law enforcement to curb a rise in crime and immediately close the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet in order to restore wetlands to protect against storms.
To restore wetlands, marshes and barrier islands to help protect the city from a future storm, he pledges to close the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet, an old navigation channel that many scientists say destroyed wetlands and contributed to a funnel effect that increased damage from the storm.
This time, however, the Staples Center agreed to close the fast food outlets for the show.
