Complete List of Retail Chains Closing Stores in 2009 Recession

2009 U.S. Retail Industry Store Openings List, (continued):

(See also the 2009 Retail Closings list alphabetized by company and the 2010 Store Closings list.)

2         Piggly Wiggly

2         Plan 9 Music

2       Pop Tunes

2       Rees Jewelers

2       Robinson Luggage

2       Rooms Express

2         Ruth's Chris

2          Salvation Army Thrift Stores

2         Sears Essentials

2         Shaw's

2         Sheetz

2         SK Restaurant Group

2         Spicy Pickle

2         Storables

2         Thomasville Home Furnishings

1         Ace Hardware

1          Andersons General Store

1         Atlanta Bread Company

1         AutoZone

1         Badcock Home Furniture & More

1       Beverly Hall

1         Bon-Ton

1        Bigham’s

1         Bulgari

1       Cici's

1         Congress

1         Crabtree & Evelyn

1          Cub Foods

1         D'Amica Cucina

1         Disney Store

1         E&J's Designer Shoe Outlet

1         El Paso Bar-B-Que

1         Fleeger's Hardware

1          Fresh City

1         Fresh Market

1          Giant Market

1          Goldberg's

1         Hershey's Gifts (online store)

1          IGA

1          KC Masterpiece

1         Lord & Taylor

1       Lowe's

1        Max Mara

1        McCormick & Schmick's

1          Mel's Diner
1       Midtown Foods

1       Monroe IGA

1        Nike

1       Powell's

1       Record Theatre

1         RJ Gator's

1         Roy's Hawaiian Fusion

1         Safeway

1         Sam's Wine & Spirits

1         Schneiderman's Furniture

1         Scrambler Marie's

1       Smith's Food & Drug

1         Sony PlayStation Store

1         Sony Style Store

1       Southern Family Markets

1       Spartan Stores

1       Staples

1         Stax Omega Restaurant

1         Trader Vic's

1       Ukrop's

1       Uno Chicago Grill

1        Urban Fresh (Supervalu)

1        Victoria's Secret

1       Vons

1       West Elm (Williams Sonoma)

1       White's Fresh Foods

1       Wilson Farms Store

1       Winchell's Donut House

1       World Market

1         Wal-Mart

Some chains, like Office Depot, began their store closings in 2008, but the closings will be completed in 2009.

When shutting down individual sites, some retailers are transferring employees to other locations, but most store closings are resulting in substantial retail employee layoffs. Instead of closing an entire store operation, some retail companies are downsizing by reducing the number of employees per store, or reducing the number of hours each employee works in a week.

Even though they are closing underperforming stores, many retailers are offsetting these closings by opening new stores in 2009.

More Retail Industry Updates:

• See also the 2009 Retail Closings list alphabetized by company.
• 2010 Store Closings
• Store Openings Tally 2010