Archived Retailers that are closing lots of their stores this year.

[Hardlinesmaster]

Hh Gregg is closing all stores.
HHGregg to close all stores after failing to find a buyer

 

[DoWork]

American Apparel: American Apparel Reportedly Starts Making Clothes In Honduras And Nicaragua

Garbage brand anyway. Take 'american' out of your name. Gildan sucks, too.

Also, GameStop: GameStop looks into a potentially serious credit card breach

Unacceptable practice on their part. Rumors(unsure if proven or not) say they stored CVV2 numbers, which is a breach of contract with credit card companies. If that is the case, I hope this pushes that company over the edge.

 

[Hardlinesmaster]

Check out this article from USA TODAY:

J.C. Penney delays store closures, liquidation sales

J.C. Penney delays store closures, liquidation sales

 

[SoCalMama]

Gymboree should be declaring bankruptcy on or about June 1st.
Gymboree Is Said to Prepare for Bankruptcy as Payment Looms

 

[oath2order]

Now GameStop.

GameStop Closing Down at Least 150 Stores This Year, Declining Sales Force a Change in Strategy

Sorry GameStop but I do digital download

 

[SoCalMama]

Sorry GameStop but I do digital download

Not only that, their trade-in amounts are pathetic.
I just sold a pile of wii (yes, 7-10 years old) games on eBay for $100. I would have been given $10 credit at Gamestop.

 

[qmosqueen]

Scary times

Stores are closing at an epic pace

 

[qmosqueen]

More

These major retailers are closing more than 3,000 stores this year

 

[Hardlinesmaster]

Those stores were listed already. J c penny is keeping a few stores open..

 

[Hardlinesmaster]

Check out this article from USA TODAY:

Bebe to close all stores, becoming latest retail casualty

Bebe to close all stores, becoming latest retail casualty

 

[Hardlinesmaster]

Check out this article from USA TODAY:

Sears names new CFO, plans more store closures

Sears names new CFO, plans more store closures

 

[SoCalMama]

Check out this article from USA TODAY:

Sears names new CFO, plans more store closures

Sears names new CFO, plans more store closures

I hate Sears for so many personal reasons. My BFF started there when she was 16 years old. She worked there for 20 years, until KMart bought them out. They laid her off, as she made too much money. Her dad worked there until he died from cancer. He used to work in the furniture department (long ago obviously, when people actually bought their furniture from Sears). She would have worked there her whole life. She was very loyal. I only ever shopped there because she worked there.

Sears has been gross since the KMart deal in 2004. I did a marketing job there about 5 years ago. I went in on a mid-week morning. There was literally nobody there. Nobody working. Nobody shopping. It was creepy.

 

[qmosqueen]

not really retail

but coke is cutting 1,200 jobs

Coca-Cola to cut 1,200 jobs as sales slump

Coca-Cola to cut 1,200 jobs as sales slump

Coke goes 'lean,' to cut 1,200 jobs as part of $800 million cost-savings plan

 

[Hardlinesmaster]

Check out this article from USA TODAY:

Gander Mountain likely to close many more stores

Gander Mountain likely to close many more stores

 

[smashandthrash]

Check out this article from USA TODAY:

Gander Mountain likely to close many more stores

Gander Mountain likely to close many more stores

Gander Mountain sucks. Very disorganized and always out of the spinners I want. Been to multiple locations

 

[Hardlinesmaster]

Check out this article from USA TODAY:

Sears is closing 30 more stores -- is yours on the list?

Sears is closing 30 more stores -- is yours on the list?

 

[Hardlinesmaster]

From my friend in Ohio:
The Andersons announces closure of all locations, including two in Columbus

 

[qmosqueen]

From my friend in Ohio:
The Andersons announces closure of all locations, including two in Columbus

What a shame for those employees

 

[Hardlinesmaster]

Check out this article from USA TODAY:

Sears is closing 66 more stores

Sears is closing 66 more stores

 

[BoxCutter]

Here's the list:
Sears is closing 72 stores — here's the full list

 

[DoWork]

Sears CEO: 'We don't need more customers'

Not sure if this guy knows how to business. After saying something like that, and seeing the results, he should never, ever be put into a position of leadership again.

 

[Anelmi]

Ann Taylor, Dress Barn, Loft, Lane Bryant: Store closures on the way

 

[Pale]

not really retail

but coke is cutting 1,200 jobs

Coca-Cola to cut 1,200 jobs as sales slump

Coca-Cola to cut 1,200 jobs as sales slump

Coke goes 'lean,' to cut 1,200 jobs as part of $800 million cost-savings plan

Pepsi to the max.

 

[glo]

With how dominant Amazon and other online retailers have become, I really wonder what our landscape will look like in 20 years. The downfall of brick and mortar retail as we know it is inevitable. It'll still exist for necessities, but I can't see any stores having 20+ locations in a single state anymore. The whole topic intrigues me... and not just because I'm a retail employee.

What do you guys think will take the real estate where malls and the like exist? More housing? Community centers? Parks? I wish I could see that far out in to the future right now.

 

[HRZone]

What do you guys think will take the real estate where malls and the like exist? More housing? Community centers? Parks? I wish I could see that far out in to the future right now.

Commercial space is hard to sell.

A lot of the closed stores in Canada were never purchased by anyone else. Housing is a real possibility with the population changes