U.S. wedding dress company David’s Bridal to lay off 9K employees

David’s Bridal, one of largest sellers of wedding dress in U.S is laying off about 9,236 employees expected nationwide as it makes plans to sell the company — just weeks before wedding season kicks off, the company stated on Saturday.

The first set of layoffs happened on Friday with two more phases expected to roll out from May 13 to 27 and June 12 to Aug. 11, a notice to the Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry from the company added.

David’s Bridal told CNN Business, that it is “evaluating our strategic options and a sale process is underway,” they also said that all of their stores are currently open.