>#STORE CLOSINGS AND LAYOFFS
> If you have gift cards, hurry up and use them!!
> Just passing this along - FYI
>#
>#Ann Taylor#closing 117 stores nationwide A company spokeswoman said
> the company hasn't revealed which stores will be shuttered. It will
> let the stores that will close this fiscal year know over the next
> month.
>#
>#Eddie Bauer#to close more stores
> Eddie Bauer has already closed 27 shops in the first quarter and
> plans to close up to two more outlet stores by the end of the year.
>#
>#Cache closing stores
> Women's retailer Cache announced that it is closing 20 to 23 stores
> this year.
>#
>#Lane Bryant, Fashion Bug, Catherines#closing 150 stores nationwide
> The owner of retailers Lane Bryant, Fashion Bug, Catherine's Plus
> Sizes will close about 150 underperforming stores this year.
> The company hasn't provided a list of specific store closures and
> can't say when it will offer that info, spokeswoman Brooke Perry said
> today.
>#
>#Talbots & J. Jill#closing stores
> About a month ago, Talbots announced that it will be shuttering all
> 78 of its kids and men's stores. Now the company says it will close
> another 22 underperforming stores.. The 22 stores will be a mix of
> Talbots women's and J. Jill , another chain it owns. The closures w
> ill occur this fiscal year, according to a company press release.
>#
>#Gap Inc. closing 85 stores
> In addition to its namesake chain, Gap also owns Old Navy and anana
> Republic . The company said the closures - all planned for fiscal
> 2008 - Will be weighted toward the Gap brand.
>#
>#Foot Locker#to close 140 stores
> In the company press release and during its conference call with
> analysts today, it did not specify where the future store closures -
> all planned in fiscal 2008 - will be. The company could not be
> immediately reached for comment
>#
> Wickes is going out of business
> Wickes Furniture is going out of business and closing all of its
> stores, Wickes, a 37-year-old retailer that targets middle-income
> customers, filed for bankruptcy protection last month.
>#
>#Goodbye Levitz / BOMBAY#- closed already
> The furniture retailer, which is going out of business. Levitz first
> announced it was going out of business and closing all 76 of its
> stores in December. The retailer dates back to 1910 when Richard
> Levitz opened his first furniture store in Lebanon , PA. In
> the 1960s, the warehouse/showroom concept brought Levitz to the
> forefront of the furniture industry. The local Levitz closures will
> follow the shutdown of Bombay .
>#
>#Zales, Piercing Pagoda#closing stores
> The owner of Zales and Piercing Pagoda previously said it plans to
> close 82 stores by July 31. Today, it announced that it is closing
> another 23 underperforming stores. The company said it's n ot pro
> viding a list of specific store closures. Of t he 105 locations
> planned for closure, 50 are kiosks and 55 are stores.
>#
>#Disney Store#owner has the right to close 98 stores The Walt Disney
> Company announced it acquired about 220 Disney Stores from
> subsidiaries of The Children's Place Retail Stores. The exact number
> of stores acquired will depend on negotiations with landlords. Those
> subsidiaries of Children's Place filed for bankruptcy protection in
> late March. Walt Disney in the news release said it has also obtained
> the right to close about 98 Disney Stores in the U.S. The press elease
>> didn't list those stores.>#
>>#Home Depot#store closngs ( E. Brunswick , Rt 18 just put up their
>> closing sign)> ATLANTA - Nearly 7+ months after its chief executive said thee were
>> no plans to ct the number of its core retail stores, The Home Depot
>> Inc. announcd Thursday that it is shuttering 15 of them amid a
>> slumping U... economy and housing market. The move will affect 1,300> employees. It is the first time the world's largest home improement
> sore chain has ever closed a flagship store fo r performance
> resons. Its shares rose almost 5 percent. The Atlanta-based compay
> said the underperforming U.S.stores being closed represent less han> 1 percent of its existing stores. They will be shuttered within the
> next two months.
>>#CompUSA#(CLOSED) clarifies details on store closings Any xended
>> warranties purchased for products through CompUSA will be honored by
> a third-party provider, Assurant Solutions. Gift cards, rain checks,
> and rebates purchased prior to December 12 can be redeemed at any
> time during the final sale. For those who have a gadget currently in
> for service with CompUSA, the repair will be completed and the gadget
> will be returned to owners.
>#
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>>#Macy 's#- 9 stores#
>>#
>>#Linens-N-Things#- all stores
>>#
>>#Mervyns#- all stores
>>#
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>>#Movie Gallery#- 160 stores as part of reorganization plan to exit
>> bankruptcyThe 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.
>>#
>>#Pacific Sunwear#- 153 Demo stores
>>#
>>#Pep Boys#- 33 stores
>>#
>>#Sprint Nextel#- 125 retail locations New Sprint Nextel CEO Dan Hesse
>> appears to have inherited a company bleeding subscribers by the
>> thousands, and will now officially be dropping the ax on
>> 4,000 employees and 125 retail locations. Amid the loss of 639,000
>> postpaid customers in the fourth quarter, Sprint will be cutting a
>> total of 6.7% of its work force (following the 5,000 layoffs last
>> year) and 8% of company-owned brick-and-mortar stores, while
>> remaining mute on other rumors that it will consolidate its
>> headquarters in Kansas . Sprint Nextel shares are down $2.89, or
>> nearly 25%, at the time of this writing.
>>#
>>#J. C. Penney, Lowe's and Office Depot#are scaling back
>>#
>>#Ethan Allen Interiors: The Company announced plans to close 12 of
>> 300+ stores in an effort to cut costs.
>>#
>>#Wilsons the Leather Experts#- 158 stores
>>#
>>#Pacific Sunwear#will close its 154 Demo stores after a review of
>> strategic alternatives for the urban-apparel brand. Seventy-four
>> underperforming Demo stores closed last May.
>>#
>>#Sharper Image: The company recently filed for bankruptcy protection
>> and announced that 90 of its 184 stores are closing. The retailer
>> will still operate 94 stores to pay off debts, but 90 of these stores
>> have performed poorly and also may close.
>>#
>>#Bombay Company: (Freehold Mall store closed) The company unveiled
>> plans to close all 384 U.S.-based Bombay Company stores. The
>> company's online storefront has discontinued operations.
>>#
>>#KB Toys#posted a list of 356 stores that it is closing around the
>> United States as par t of its bankrup tcy reorganization. To see the
>> list of store closings, go to the KB Toys Information web site, and
>> click on Press Information
>>#
>>#Dillard's to Close#More Stores
>> Dillard's Inc.. said it will continue to focus on closing
>> underperforming stores, reducing expenses and improving its merchandise in
>> 2008. At the company's annual shareholder meeting, CEO William Dillard II
I do not know just how valid this list is, or who made it. It was an e-mail
John
