Store closings: Sign of the times!

Hey jillhill. So far, I don't know of any shops closing. But, I sure hate to hear that about your Starbucks and clothing store. They just built the very first free-standing Starbucks in our town, but I'm afraid they're not gonna open it as Starbucks announced intentions to close 500 or 600 stores over the next year about 3 or 4 weeks ago. We do have a Starbucks inside our Target, but that's not like being able to go through a drive through or go hang out at a free-standing Starbucks, which we both love to do. Hope you have another Starbucks in town.

well, at the moment I don;t hear any thing like that in my country. Maybe that happens because of the crisis we are facing now. This is a global crisis I know so, almost all people in the world are affected with this.

Many stores in my area have closed. I am sure more will leave this year, as people go to the $1.00 and under stores. This area had two K-mart Stores close and one was a good store. We lost a plant nursery and a couple grocery stores moved to better areas of town.

I hadn't heard this yet, I hope it is only a rumor or something. I go there every morning, hopeful they will still sell their coffen in stores so I can have it at home.

I haven't had a store I love close but I bet it will happen in the near future. Hardees in a town about 40 miles away from me closed its doors with no warning they put up a sign that said closed and that was it. The economy is going to start taking a toll on the littier stores I am afraid.

So far no, but i only make it into town a couple times a month so i probably won't know until it is done and over with.

The fact that stores are closing isn't a sign of the times. Starbucks is closing a lot of their locations because the opened way too many that are close together, meaning that they were competing with themselves. It's a business strategy that has nothing to do with the times. As for little stores, those are always opening and closing. Most small businesses don't last the first year and rarely last more than 5 years. It's just business, nothing more, nothing less.

Well so far i didnt hear about any of my stores closing but because of inflation and the price of everything going up, I can't shop at my favorite store. What a bummer. Take care and God Bless!

Ummm, well I was a little sad when my favorite hip hop urban store closed and no one told me! So I know that I missed out on some great deals!