I got an e-mail today informing me that a number of stores are going out of business (or closing stores in various locations) after January 1st. If you are planning on getting gift cards to any of these places, just be sure to do your homework and make sure they will be around! (also check the accuracy of the list, I haven’t yet).
Circuit City
Ann Taylor- 117 stores nationwide closing
Lane Bryant, Fashion Bug ,and Catherine’s to close 150 stores nationwide
Eddie Bauer to close stores 27 stores and more after January
Cache will close all stores
Talbots closing down specialty stores
J. Jill closing all stores (owned by Talbots)
Pacific Sunwear (also owned by Talbots)
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
Macy’s to close 9 stores after January
Linens and Things closing all stores
Movie Galley Closing all stores
Pep Boys Closing 33 stores
Sprint/Nextel closing 133 stores
JC Penny 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
Wow. Dreadful. I might have to give the local Home Depots a ring and make sure they’re not on the chopping block. Thanks for posting this.
J JILL!!!!????
*weep*
All I can say is this: Movie Gallery closing down may have little or nothing to do with the economy, as such. Considering some of their business/employment practices, I’m amazed they’ve stayed in business this long.
(Yes, I’m a former employee. How could you tell?)
I’ll be checking in on the Lane Bryant locations, but what I’d understood previously was that they wanted to go from Mall stores to strip mall/commercial center locations, instead. Maybe that’s part of it? Hmmm… Not sure.
Too bad for a lot of those, though. I’m SOL when it comes to gifts I can give from over here, now. 🙁
Thanks for the heads up!
Ciao!
117 locations of Ann Taylor???? Yikes!!!! Where will I shop if they close the ones around here???? Although I doubt they’re closing the ones around here. DC is a very recession-proof area (hello, federal government!) and we’re a conservation enough (well, in clothes, at least) market that nearly all career women shop there constantly.