In 1951, after spending over 20 years with Lazarus, she and her husband Harry Wexner opened a women's clothing store named Leslie's (after their son) on State Street.

In 1963, he borrowed $5,000 from his aunt and $5,000 from the bank and opened a store at the Kingsdale Shopping Center in Upper Arlington.

[8] The 1990s included the initial development of the Limited Too (which was renamed Justice in 2008),[9] Bath & Body Works, Structure, and Victoria's Secret Beauty.

In 2010, the remaining shares were sold to Sun Capital Partners Inc.[10] In 2013, Diane Ellis, president and chief operating officer of Brooks Brothers, became the CEO of The Limited.

[11] In October 2016, after a series of challenges, she oversaw the closing of The Limited's New York design studio, and eventually left to join Chico's, leaving CFO John Buell to serve as interim CEO.

[16][17] On February 23, 2021, it was announced that Belk, which was the only remnant of The Limited left, had filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy in Houston, the first step in an organization plan that would allow Belk's owner Sycamore Partners to cede a large stake in the company to its lenders while maintaining control of the company.