What follows is a complete list of the store closings of U.S. multi-store retail chains which are planned to occur in the 2012 calendar year. This list is arranged alphabetically, according to the name of the retail chain. The most recent additions are indicated in bold lettering. The store closings on this list were last updated on 9-18-12.
2012 U.S. Retail Industry Store Closings - Complete Alphabetical Company Listing:
22 77kids
3 A&P
180 Abercrombie & Fitch ("over the next few years")
1 Ace Hardware
1 Aldi
2 All Sports
1 American Eagle
1 Ann Taylor
96 Avenue
1 Bang & Olufsen
25 Beauty 360
1 Ben Franklin Crafts
50 Best Buy
63 Betsey Johnson
8 Bill's BBQ
3 Bloom
55 Ascena Retail (dressbarn, marices, Justice)
500 Blockbuster
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7 Bloom
1 Bloomingdale's
1 Bon-Ton
6 Bottom Dollar
5 Carl's Patio
1 Casey's General Store
70 Casual MaleXL
40 Catherine's (Charming Shoppes)
13 Cato
2 C&C Kids
103 Christopher & Banks (starting in Q4 2011)
30 Coldwater Creek
123 Collective Brands (Payless, Stride Rite) by 2013
2 CVS
19 Daffy's
2 Disney Stores
1 Dolan's Lumber
93 Esprit
100 Family Dollar
1 Family Video
600 Fashion Bug (through early 2013)
113 Food Lion
12 Fred's
100 The Gap
3 Genuardi
5 Hallmark
1 Harley Davidson
1 Home Depot
1 Homeland
1 Hot & Crusty
1 IGA
1 Jewel
1 Jewel-Osco
1 Kroger
25 Lane Bryant (Charming Shoppes)
1 La-Z-Boy Furniture
1 Learning Express
3 Loupot's
4 Macaroni Grill
4 Mandee
3 Marsh Supermarkets
1 Maytag Appliance Store
1 Menards
1 Miller's Super Valu
1 Napa Auto Parts
1 Nordstrom
2 O'Boys Bar-B-Q
35 Office Max
2 Old Navy
120 Pacific Sunwear
5 Pathmark
1 Payless Shoe Source
1 Pottery Barn
1 Price Cutter
2 Raley's
1 Ralph's
137 Ritz Camera & Image / Wolf Camera
2 Rochester Clothing
24 Ruby Tuesday (Marlin & Ray’s, Wok Hay, Truffles Grill, Lime Fresh)
1 Saks
11 Sara Lee Outlets
172 Sears
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5 Shoe Carnival
25 Sonic
1 Stein Mart
1 Stop 'n Shop
1 Stride Rite
60 SuperValu (Albertson's / ACME / Save-A-Lot)
1 Talbot's
50 T.J. Maxx (U.S., Canada, and Europe)
1 Toys 'R Us
2 Traditions Bookstore
1 True Value Hardware
76 USA Drug / Super D / Drug Warehouse / May's / Med-X
14 United Carpets
1 Valu King
1 Van's
6 Waldbaums
1 Walgreens
1 Wet Seal
3 Wise Buys
See Also Store Closings Arranged by Store Totals >>
See Also Store Closings Arranged by Store Totals >>
See also:
- 2012 Store Openings
- Publicly Traded Retail Companies - Complete List
- Compare to 2011 Retail Store Closings
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