More retail store closings!
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Ann Taylor is
closing 117 stores nationwide.
- Eddie Bauer will close more stores after closing 27 stores in the first
quarter.
- Cache, a women’s retailer, is closing 20 to 23 stores this year.
- Lane Bryant, Fashion Bug, Catherines are closing 150 stores nationwide.
- Talbots, J. Jill are closing stores. Talbots will close all 78 of its
kids and men's stores plus another 22 underperforming stores. The 22 stores
will be a mix of Talbots women's and J. Jill.
- Gap Inc. is closing 85 stores.
- Foot Locker will close 140 stores.
- Wickes Furniture is going out of business and closing all of its stores.
The 37-year-old retailer that targets middle-income customers, filed for
bankruptcy protection last month.
- Levitz, the furniture retailer, announced it was going out of business
and closing all 76 of its stores in December. The retailer dates back to 1910.
- Zales, Piercing Pagoda plan to close 82 stores by July 31 followed by
closing another 23 underperforming stores.
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Disney Store owner has the right to close 98 stores.
- Home Depot is closing 15 more stores amid a slumping U.S. economy and
housing market. The move will affect 1,300 employees. It is the first time the
world's largest home improvement store chain has ever closed a flagship store.
- CompUSA (CLOSED).
- Macy's has closed 9 stores.
- Movie Gallery video rental company plans to close 400 of 3,500 Movie
Gallery and Hollywood Video stores in addition to the 520 locations the video
rental chain closed last fall as part of bankruptcy.
- Pacific Sunwear is closing 153 Demo stores.
- Pep Boys, auto parts supplier, is closing 33 stores.
- Sprint Nextel is closing 125 retail locations, with 4,000 employees
following 5,000 layoffs last year.
- J. C. Penney, Lowe's and Office Depot are all scaling back.
- Ethan Allen Interiors plans to close 12 of 300 stores to cut
costs.
- Wilsons the Leather Experts is closing 158 stores.
- Bombay Company will close all 384 U.S.-based Bombay Company stores.
- Dillard's Inc. will close another six stores this year.
