Retail Watchers

The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company (A&P) filed a motion seeking bankruptcy court approval to close an additional 32 stores. If approved, A&P intends to close the stores by April 30th and turn them over to their respective landlords. The 32 stores selected for closure are: Food Basi...

Ultimate Electronics, which operates 46 home-entertainment/consumer electronics stores in 14 states, has decided to close all of its stores. 10 of those stores opened just last year, including a new 3-month-old, Tigard, Oregon location. After filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on January 26...

Borders Group, the parent of Borders, Borders Express, and Waldenbooks, is reportedly near filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The filing could come as early as next week. It's also been reported that the bookseller may shut as many as 200 of their stores.

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The Santa Monica City Council voted unanimously to ban single-use plastic carryout bags and to implement a 10 cent charge for each paper bag. The plastic bag ban does not apply to small handleless bags, such as produce bags, nor does it apply to the plastic bags used for restaurant take-outs. Custom...

JCPenney announced today that it will reduce investment in areas of its business that no longer contribute meaningfully to the Company's financial performance. The planned reductions include closing certain underperforming store locations, the winding down its catalog and outlet operations, and stre...

Supervalu recently announced that it will close 14 underperforming stores by the end of its current fiscal year that ends February 27, 2011. The following five Acme locations are scheduled to close: ACME 31 W Ridge Pike, Limerick, PA 19468 ACME 311 E Lancaster Ave, Wayne, PA 19087 ACME 1105 Route 13...

Supervalu recently announced that it will close 14 underperforming stores by the end of its current fiscal year that ends February 27, 2011. The following five Shaw's locations are scheduled to close: Shaw's 1500 Bald Hill Road, Warwick RI 02886 Shaw's 1485 Hartford Ave, Johnston, RI 02919 Shaw's 50...

Supervalu recently announced that it will close 14 underperforming stores before the end of its current fiscal year that ends February 27, 2011. Among the 14 locations are the following four Albertsons stores located in southern California: 16201 San Fernando Mission Boulevard, Granada Hills, CA 913...