RIP: Retail Stores Closed in 2009

Wondering which retailers are downsizing or have passed to that special retailer place in the sky? Here is a nice complete (recently updated) list from About.com:

2,639 General Motors

960 Blockbuster (BBI)

789 Chrysler

567 Circuit City²

461 KB Toys

450 Movie Gallery (Game Crazy, Hollywood Video)

365 Ritz Camera

273 Starbucks³ (SBUX)

287 Goody’s

265 Jones Apparel Group (2009 & 2010) (JNY)

240 Waldenbooks

191 Zale Corporation⁴ (ZLC)

175 Van Heusen

163 Ann Taylor⁵ (by 2010)

161 InkStop

160 Family Dollar (FDO)

150 Popeye’s (AFC Enterprises)

135 S&K Famous Brands Inc.

130 Advance America

129 Boater’s World

125 F.Y.E. (Trans World Entertainment) (TWMC)

121 Eddie Bauer

118 Office Depot⁶ (ODP)

117 Rite Aid⁷ (RAD)

104 Finlay Enterprises

102 Payless Shoes

100 Albertsons

100 Charming Shoppes⁸ (CHRS)

100 Gap, Inc. (GPS)

98 Club Libby Lu (Saks (SKS))

85 NextCen Brands (Great American Cookies, MagieMoo’s, Marble Slab Creamery, Pretzelmaker)

84 Samsonite

81 Saab Dealerships

77 GameStop⁹ (GME)

75 J. Jill

75 Signet Jewelers (SIG)

70 Famous Footwear (Brown Shoe Co. (BWS))

60 Arby’s

60 Collective Brands

60 Dominos

59 Advance Auto Parts

59 Ruby Tuesday (RT)

58 Gottschalks¹⁰

56 Smith & Hawken

50 B Dalton

50 Pacific Sunwear (PSUN)

50 Select Comfort (SCSS)

50 Supervalu

50 New York & Co.(NWY) (over the next five years)

48 Home Depot¹¹ (HD) (Expo, YardBIRDS, Design Center, HDBath)

48 Ultra

46 Anchor Blue

45 Cato (CATO)

44 Check ‘n Go

43 Destination Maternity ¹² (DEST)

40 Justice

40 Kirkland’s (KIRK)

40 Tween Brands (Limited Two, Justince) (TWB)

38 Bruno’s

34 Bachrach

32 Big 10 Tires

31 Pier One

30 Jo-Ann Stores (JAS)

29 Basha’s Supermarket

29 Ruehl (Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF))

28 Kmart

28 Yankee Candle

26 Cost Plus (CPWM)

25 Chico’s FAS (CHS)

25 Dress Barn (DBRN)

25 Finish Line (FINL)

25 Fred’s (FRED)

25 Luby’s (LUB)

24 Blue Tulip Gift Shops

24 Cashland

24 Foot Locker (FL)

24 Sears (SHLD)

23 Sportsman’s Warehouse

22 AFC Enterprises

21 Papa John’s (PZZA)

21 ZGallerie

20 Baja Fresh Mexican Grill

20 Man Alive (Finish Line)

20 Oneida Ltd. (ONFC)

20 Pumpkin Patch (PUPKF.PK)

20 Wendy’s (WEN)

20 Wet Seal (WTSLA)

19 Snyder’s Drug Stores, Inc.

18 Black Angus

18 O’Reilly Automotive

16 Filene’s Basement

16 Iridesse (Tiffany & Co. (TIF))

16 Men’s Wearhouse

16 Shoe Carnival (SCVL)

16 Talbot’s (TLB)

16 Williams-Sonoma (WSM)

15 Tim Horton’s (THI)

15 West Marine (WMAR)

14 Whataburger

13 OfficeMax (OMX) (SMRT)

13 Stein Mart² (SMRT)

12 Bealls

12 Kira Plastinina

11 99 Cent Only Stores (NDN)

11 Better Bedding Shops, Inc.

11 Jimmy’Z (Aeropostale ARO))

11 Macy’s³ (M)

11 Pamida

10 Holcomb’s Education Resource

10 Bassett Home Furnishings

10 Dollar General (DG)

10 E&J’s Shoes

10 P.F. Chang’s Pei Wei Restaurants

10 U.S. Cellular

9 California Herbal Relief Center

9 Rally’s

8 Active Ride Shop

8 Dillard’s (DDS)

7 Auto Nation (AN)

7 Damon’s

7 Flying J’s

8 MarineMax (HZO)

7 Penn Traffic (P&C Foods, BiLO)

7 Plunkett Furniture

7 Sweetbay Supermarkets

6 Denny’s⁴ (DENN)

6 Destination Maternity⁵

6 Music City Record Distributors

6 Pulix⁶

6 Rex Appliance & Electronics

6 Whole Foods (WFMI)

6 Winn Dixie (WINN)

5 Borders (BGP)

5 Krispy Kreme⁷ (KKD)

5 Mark Shale

5 Stock Building Supply

5 Target⁸ (TGT)

4 Albertson’s (ABSNU.PK)

4 Applebees

4 Coach⁹ (COH)

4 Girl Scout Stores

4 Red Robin Gourmet Burgers (RRGB)

4 Harry W. Schwartz Bookshops

4 Jagmania

4 Jennifer Convertibles (JEN)

4 Lucky Grocery Stores

4 Sacino & Sons

3 Blockbuster

3 Bulgari

3 Dollar Tree (DLTR)

3 Food World

3 Good’s Furniture & Flooring

3 Guess (GES)

3 Hawaiian Telecom 3 High Point Coffee

3 Jamba Juice (JMBA)

3 Lane Bryant¹⁰

3 P&C Food Markets

3 Virgin Records

2 A.C. Moore

2 Bailey Banks & Biddle

2 Belk (BLKIB.OB)

2 Bob Evans¹¹ (BOBE)

2 Checker Auto Parts

2 Costco Home Stores (COST)

2 Dunkin Donuts

2 Hacketts

2 Homer’s Music and Gifts

2 Hypnoses

2 Jewel-Osco

2 Kragen Auto Parts

2 L’Oreal Paris

2 MarBeck Appliance Parts

2 Morton’s (MRT)

2 Natuzzi Americas (NTZ)

Comments

[Dave Wrixon]

A taste of things to come.

2009 Nov 20 06:01 AM

[buoy]

Thx for the list. That really brings some perspective.

2009 Nov 20 09:24 AM

[matthutch]

i don't know where these numbers came from but i'm skeptical. for example, it says that fdo closed 160 stores in 2009. i know this isn't true. from their press release when they announced 2009 earnings, they only closed 96, but opened 180 for a net of 84 opened. i'd be surprised if this is the only company for which this is the case.

2009 Nov 20 03:43 PM

[SwingTimer]

Despite your fine pedigrees boys, I suggest you go back to the black-tie party. There is No analysis here; not even an opinion regarding the relevance of these figures - a waste of my time. So times are tough for retailers; tell SA readers something they haven't heard already, from countless sources for the past 18 months.

2009 Nov 20 04:01 PM

[Roger Knights]

I think Pep Boys (PBY) closed or sold off several outlets, but it's not listed.

2009 Nov 21 02:36 PM

[Genesis]

I agree with matthutch and swingtimer. FDO's business is booming. There are some winners in this recession. Also, SA should not allow the posting of raw data like this, regardless of whether it contains errors as this one does. If I want to find out what stores closed in 2009, I can Google it. I personally don't like to get my information from about.com anyway. Thumbs down on this article - a function desperately needed on SA.

2009 Nov 22 02:13 AM

[satyr]

As mentioned by others, the figures are suspect. Are these gross closings, or net of openings? What about relocations? Closings can be a sign of trouble, or effective management that knows when it is time to move the store to a better part of town, abandon a dying region, or prune for growth. You have to be very careful how you interpret this data.

2009 Nov 22 03:11 PM