US Store Closings - The Latest Casualty Count
By Daniel at 19 November, 2008, 12:48 am
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11/16/2008
Watch out for these store money cards and gift cards…and credit slips.
Stores that informed the Security Exchange of closing plans between October 2008 and January 2009….
Circuit City stores… most recent (how many?)
Ann Taylor - 117 stores nationwide are to be shuttered
Lane Bryant,, Fashion Bug, and Catherine’s to close 150 store nationwide
Eddie Bauer to close stores 27 stores and more after January
Cache will close all stores
Talbots closing down all stores
J. Jill closing all stores
GAP closing 85 stores
Footlocker closing 140 stores more to close after January
Levitz closing down remaining stores
Bombay closing remaining stores
Zales closing down 82 stores and 105 after January.
Whitehall closing all stores
Piercing Pagoda closing all stores
Disney closing 98 stores and more after January.
Home Depot closing 15 stores 1 in NJ ( New Brunswick )
Macys to close 9 stores after January
Linens and Things closing all stores
Movie Gallery Closing all stores
Pacific Sunware closing stores
Since December 31, Pep Boys has closed 33 stores and Sprint Nextel has closed 125 retail locations.
Sprint/ Nextel closing 133 stores
JC Penney closing a number of stores after January
Ethan Allen closing down 12 stores.
Wilson Leather closing down all stores
Sharper Image closing down all stores
K B Toys closing 356 stores
LOWES to close down some stores
Dillard’s to close some stores.
Women’s retailer Cache announced that it is closing 20 to 23 stores in 2008.
Lane Bryant, Fashion Bug, and Catherines are closing a total of 150 stores nationwide for under-performance.
Wickes Furniture is going out of business and closing all of its stores. The 37-year-old retailer targets middle-income customers and filed for bankruptcy protection.
Ethan Allen Interiors plans to close 12 of its 300 stores.
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Your blog post “US Store Closings - The Latest Casualty Count” is inaccurate. Movie Gallery is not planning to close any stores at this time. Please find an official statement from the company here: http://www.moviegallery.com/company/blog.aspx. Please remove the paragraph about Movie Gallery from your article at your earliest convenience. Thank you.
you need to check with management, they are already closing some this year
Movie Gallery to shut as many as 450 stores
By Danny King — Video Business,10/29/2009
http://www.videobusiness.com/index.asp?layout=talkbackCommentsFull&talk_back_header_id=6631455&articleid=CA6704474#452783
I just posted about just a FEW of the stores closed overnight. The company is behind rent in ALL stores by 3-4 months. I am an ex Omaha manager.
HV - Lincoln Neb - 27th Street Store - (closed overnight last Wednesday)
HV - Lincoln Neb - 66th Street Store (An outlet store that will be gone within a few weeks)
MG - Nebraska City - Just finished up liquidation.
MG - Small town Neb - cannot remember exact town closed 2 months ago.
HV - Omaha Neb - Papillion - Closed over night 3 weeks ago.
HV - Omaha, Neb - L Street Store - Closed overnight 2 weeks ago.
HV - Omaha, Neb - 1823 W Broadway - overnight close.
HV - Omaha, Neb - 156th st store is also a outlet store that is no longer getting new movies. They will be closed within a few weeks as well.
And from articles around the country:
Marshal-town Iowa
Springfield, Ore
Mankato, Min
Minneapolis, Min
Ann Arbour, Michigan
Rocky Mount, Co
Roseville, Ca (2 locations)
Sacramento, Ca (multiple locations)
Bellingham, WA
Spokane, WA (3 locations)
Beaver Dam, WI
Sylva, NC
Leicester, NC
Hendersonville, NC (and many more in NC)
Kevil, KY
All overnight grab and go closes. Thats from doing abut 10 min research on the internet. Obviously I live in Omaha. I doubt it will be 400 stores. It seems at this rate it will be more like 1000+. The company is dying it is obvious.