It has been reported on many websites and in emails that the following stores will be going out of business or closing locations/departments between October 2008 and January 2010.
Here is some other information about stores closing....
* Circuit City
* Ann Taylor closing 117 stores
* 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
* 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 New Brunswick, NJ
* Macys to close 9 stores after January
* Linens and Things closing all stores
* Movie Galley 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
* Loews to close down some stores
* Dillard’s to close some stores
UPDATE:
Yahoo writer Rick Newman just released a list of stores he thinks MIGHT not make it through 2009 or at the very least will look a lot different.
1. Rite Aid
2. Claire’s Stores
3. Chrysler
4. Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group
5. Realogy Corp
6. Station Casinos
7. Loehmann’s Capital Group
8. Sbarro
9. Six Flags
10. Blockbuster
11. Krispy Kreme
12. Landry’s Restraunts
13. Sirius Satellite Radio
14. Trump Entertainment Resorts Holdings
15. BearingPoint