Now there here, now there gnoe! Perhaps, a good action would be, if you have gift cards, or credits, for these stores, use them very soon, or check your status out as soon as possible. Good luck to all. Df.
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Current Bussines Web report, E.g., Circuit City (I don't know about nationwide)...but they are closing slow producing stores now!

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, Catherine's closing 150 stores nationwide The owner of retailers Lane Bryant , Fashion Bug , Catherine's Plus Sizes will closeabout 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 22underperforming stores. The 22 stores will be a mix of Talbots women's and J. Jill , another chain it owns. The closures will 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 Banana 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 not providing a list of specific store closures. Of the 105 locations planned for clo sure, 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 TheChildren'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 release didn't list those stores.

Home Depot store closings (E. Brunswick, Rt 18 just put up their closing sign)
ATLANTA - Nearly 7+ months after its chief executive said there were no plans to cut the number of its core retail stores, The Home Depot Inc. announced Thursday that it is shuttering 15 of them 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 for performance reasons. Its shares rose almost 5 percent. The Atlanta-based company said the underperforming U.S.stores being closed represent less than 1 percent of its existing stores. They will be shuttered within the next two months.

CompUSA (CLOSED) clarifies details on store closin gs Any extended warranties purchased for products through CompUSA will be honored by a third-partyprovider, 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.
http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9834177-7html
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Macy's - 9 stores

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 locati ons. 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 Kans as . 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

< SPAN style="COLOR: red">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 part of its bankruptcy 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 said the company will close another six underperforming stores this year

*shrug* the banks are doing fine....

It seems like the economic crisis is becoming world wide. Thanks for the info DF.

and circuit city went bankrupt.

Ya, there is one by my house so in a week or so stuff is going to be 50% off.

I'm going to apply for a job at AIG, they throw a party when trouble hits

Well what do you expect...they have all "our" money...I say our cause we will be paying this...so will our kids...and their kids...so on and so forth

I didn't make my reply of sacarsm clear enough Pain, It infuriates me as much as anyone to see "our" money spent that way. Not just once, but twice!

I fear thieves in pinstripe suits, be they gov't employees, politicians, bankers or wall street rascals more than I fear common criminals, hoods, general crooks and organized crime. With the last group there is far less "deception" as to what they are going to do "for and to you" than with the former. The first group will give you the "Texas high poke" (aka swindle, steal from you in a purportedly "legal" way) while the second group will knock you on your head and grab your walletski. The first group you expect to protect your interests and protect you from the second group. However, as of the last thirty years, I have been able less and less to distinguish between the two. The first group usually shakes your hand and smiles at you and lives in offices (while not on the golf course.) The second usually resides at some seedy dark bar with either a Russian, Italian, Jamaican, Latino. First Nations or Chinese name. <If I left out any major criminal group, please forgive me. Insert your local ethnic/assorted scumbag group in the previous sentence, feel free. > The main difference is what we expect the first group to do for us since we are generally paying the freight for their employment, by law vs. the second group which gets paid by us by breaking the law. Oops, sorry. Bad example, not much difference between the two, is there?

Could you clarify your definition and/or parameters of exactly what constitutes 'gov't employees?' Because I'm one and happen to own a pinstripe suit (although rarely wear it). And I can guarantee that the money deposited into my account was not stolen or swindled [by me] in any manner.

I would hope you're meaning those who have been elected and/or appointed to an 'office' or position they had to compete for.

You know what I mean Eric. You're a straight up guy. My dad was a government employee who was a straight up guy. Both of you work(ed) damned hard and for every penny you've earned. Nor did you take a cent that DIDN'T belong to you. Clear enough? I'm talking about the sell-outs, time putter innners, abusers of privileges and that lot. Cheaters.

Better watch it t_b...Eric is 'The Man'.

South of the border.

Not me - I'm just the 'Man behind "The Man."' (And not in that way, either...)

No worries B - I just like watchin' you squirm now and then. BTW - that black Suburban with the limo-tinted windows parked down the street... I had nothing to do with that, but you might take notice of when it leaves and returns.

You look like "The Godfather" in your "zoot suit" >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> runs very far away!!!!!!!!!!!

Dear Ron,

It has come to my attention that you've been passing around unfavorable information regarding the physical proportions of a certain author of this letter - this I cannot allow. I find your lack of respect disturbing, so necessary action will have to be taken. I regret that things have come to this, but business is business and I have a reputation to uphold.

Sincerely,

Dom Enrique


"Hey Luigi - set dis uh, Ron guy up wit' a new pair uh' shoes... yeah - da heavy platforms... den take 'im for a long walk off a short pier. <sniff> Fuhgetaboutit."

LMAO

Don't forget that I have met you and there are not many men you can hid behind (I happen to be an exception).

Ha ha ha. You like to see me squirm huh? Okay. As to the black Suburban down the street, I wouldn't notice it if it was on fire with an audible alarm going full blast and the cherry throwing light like a roman candle. My actual apartment is on the back of the block facing south. The main street is on the north side. Truly, I never go out front and therefore wouldn't notice it at all. Now if it was parked in the back lane with Washington, D.C. plates, Texas or Utah plates, I might notice it. However for the most part I don't notice much around me at all. Old and feeble with failiing eyesight and lack of awareness will do that for you.

'Line-of-sight' surveillance is "so '80s."

Keep an eye on the 'birds' as well, especially the ones that never flap their wings... I don't think they're supposed to have internal combustion engines and 8-hour lag times.

... I'm not sayin'... I'm just sayin'...

Hmmm ... think your in good shape t_b, if a car like this is parked for very long, and spotted in some areas of town, quite often it is boxed up, sold, and shipped to South America for taxi cab use! Guess, people instead are extra, and free of charge?

Sorry, Eric, but I've not had this type of particular rash before. Since I've been facing south and the rash is on my front, it must be something to do with what's streaming northward at this time.

Well, considering what typically streams from the south, if you value it at all I'd be tempted to hold my watch above the flow. Maybe even take off your shoes and socks, and consider rolling up your pant legs. Consider investing in a good pair of hip-waders as well. Personal floatation devices might also not be a bad call on particularly 'flowing' days.

All that, and a good pair of nose plugs... for the smell.

I'd get that rash checked out soonest... because ya just never know with rashes.

Ha ha ha. Not bad. You might, with a little work, get your "touch" back. Might be an uphill struggle though. I suggest rolling up your sleeves at the very least. Please don't even consider changing into one of those sleeveless "wife beater" undershirts. Given the amount of personal body hair (both you and I possess) someone might mistake you for a buffalo mat and put you out on the front porch.
It might be uncomfortable for you with your cabeza hanging off one end and your feet dangling off the other. LOL.

P.S.: I'll take your advice vis a vis the rashes under advisement, as the shysters are wont to say.