Maggie's Farm

I heard something the other day along the lines of "good companies will tend to ride this out". Compare this statement with this list of stores closing. Are any of these vital? Are any of these surprises? Does GM need assisted suicide or chemo?

In my industry, the bottom feeders are dragging us down. We can only hope that some of them will shutter before we do. That clears the path for an outfit like ours, and we don't have to compete with their desparate, bottom scraping prices. It sucks for them, but just go die already and leave some market share for us!

Here's the list of stores closing:
Circuit City stores... most recent (how many?)
Ann Taylor - 117 stores nationwide are to be shuttered
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
Talbots closing down 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 more after January.
Home Depot closing 15 stores 1 in NJ ( New Brunswick )
Macys to close 9 stores after January
Linens and Things closing all stores
Movie Gallery 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
LOWES to close down some stores
Dillard's to close some stores