It seems there are lots of stores that are closing due to the
“recession” and the fact that people are not shopping. If you have any “gift cards” from these stores, make sure you use them, or you will lose them!
Watch those 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
• Wickes Furniture closing down
• 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 will close 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
• Pep Boys closing 33 stores
• 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
