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xxmxaxrxyxx · 11-22-2008, 03:43 AM

but wanted to share this with everyone especially around this time of year.

Watch those store money cards and gift cards and credit slips. They will be worthless!

Stores that informed the Security Exchange of closing plans between
October 2008 and January 2009. PLEASE PASS THIS ON TO ALL YOUR FAMILY
AND FRIENDS.

Circuit City stores... 150 stores closed

Ann Taylor- 117 stores nationwide are to be shuttered

Lane Bryant,, Fashion Bug ,and Catherine's to close 150 store nationwide

Eddie Bauer to close stores 27 stores and more after January

Cache will close all stores

Talbots closing down all stores

J. Jill closing all stores

GAP closing 85 stores

Footlocker closing 140 stores more to close after January

Wickes Furniture closing down

Levitz closing down remaining stores

Bombay closing remaining stores

Zales closing down 82 stores and 105 after January.

Whitehall closing all stores

Piercing Pagoda closing all stores

Disney closing 98 stores and will close more after January.

Home Depot closing 15 stores 1 in NJ (New Brunswick)

Macys to close 9 stores after January

Linens and Things closing all stores

Movie Galley Closing all stores

Pacific Sunware closing stores

Pep Boys Closing 33 stores

Sprint/ Nextel closing 133 stores

JC Penney closing a number of stores after January

Ethan Allen closing down 12 stores.

Wilson Leather closing down all stores

Sharper Image closing down all stores

K B Toys closing 356 stores

Loews to close down some stores

Dill ard's to close some stores.

mminichan · 11-22-2008, 06:16 AM

Oh my godness! Looking at the list makes me so worry and scared of the economy!!! I am praying we will pass this BAD economy soon!!! Unemployment rate is crazy high now!!! Holiday is approaching and fear of losing a job just creep me out!

xxmxaxrxyxx · 11-22-2008, 06:47 AM

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Oh my godness! Looking at the list makes me so worry and scared of the economy!!! I am praying we will pass this BAD economy soon!!! Unemployment rate is crazy high now!!! Holiday is approaching and fear of losing a job just creep me out!

girl you don't have to tell me...i don't lose my job...and i am so worried about my mortgage...hehe...hey what is your email address again...

C C Kent · 11-22-2008, 06:50 AM

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Originally Posted by mminichan

Oh my godness! Looking at the list makes me so worry and scared of the economy!!! I am praying we will pass this BAD economy soon!!! Unemployment rate is crazy high now!!! Holiday is approaching and fear of losing a job just creep me out!

You are correct to assume that our economy could get worse. Every time a government gets involved in "managing" an economy, any government...any economy, unemployment goes up. Government's job is to protect the economy from outside attacks and to otherwise get the heck out of the way. Rich people know a lot more about employing people than politicians. If there is no limit to how rich they can be then there is no limit to how many people they can employ.

It's coming up on Thanksgiving and is a great time to point out that the pilgrims nearly starved to death and probably would have except for two important things.

First they decided to not only plant a "common" food plot for the community, as they had in years past, but also to grant each family a parcel of land and seed to plant a private food plot. This was to be the beginning of private property rights in America. With this change, and the remembrance of how close they had been to starving each winter thus far, (at one point each person receiving five kernels of corn per day) even the children planted in the field willingly. We'll call that incentive just for fun.

Secondly they waited and watched while the worst drought the natives had ever seen ensued and withered the new plantings. At the point where all hope was lost the pilgrims humbled themselves in prayer at the direction of Mr. Bradford and fasted and prayed for days. When the rain began it wasn't the type that normally follows a drought, the storms and destruction. Rather it was a gentle soaking rain that lasted for days nurturing the withered crops and giving what would later be the most bountiful harvest the natives had ever seen. The transition from hopelessness to unprecedented bounty was such that even the unbelieving natives paid homage to the God of the pilgrims.

Knowledge of the past is the only preventative for repeating it's failures. If fear of losing what you have reminds you to count your blessings...be thankful.

xxmxaxrxyxx · 11-22-2008, 06:55 AM

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Originally Posted by C C Kent

You are correct to assume that our economy could get worse. Every time a government gets involved in "managing" an economy, any government...any economy, unemployment goes up. Government's job is to protect the economy from outside attacks and to otherwise get the heck out of the way. Rich people know a lot more about employing people than politicians. If there is no limit to how rich they can be then there is no limit to how many people they can employ.

It's coming up on Thanksgiving and is a great time to point out that the pilgrims nearly starved to death and probably would have except for two important things.

First they decided to not only plant a "common" food plot for the community, as they had in years past, but also to grant each family a parcel of land and seed to plant a private food plot. This was to be the beginning of private property rights in America. With this change, and the remembrance of how close they had been to starving each winter thus far, (at one point each person receiving five kernels of corn per day) even the children planted in the field willingly. We'll call that incentive just for fun.

Secondly they waited and watched while the worst drought the natives had ever seen ensued and withered the new plantings. At the point where all hope was lost the pilgrims humbled themselves in prayer at the direction of Mr. Bradford and fasted and prayed for days. When the rain began it wasn't the type that normally follows a drought, the storms and destruction. Rather it was a gentle soaking rain that lasted for days nurturing the withered crops and giving what would later be the most bountiful harvest the natives had ever seen. The transition from hopelessness to unprecedented bounty was such that even the unbelieving natives paid homage to the God of the pilgrims.

Knowledge of the past is the only preventative for repeating it's failures. If fear of losing what you have reminds you to count your blessings...be thankful.

thank your for this post...very informative and true..

MY BELLA MIA · 11-22-2008, 07:57 AM

Published: November 19, 2008 12:17 am
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HI All,

I googled "cache stores+closing" and this is one of the first links that popped up. It's from the newspaper where I used to live in Massachusetts. The Eagle Tribune. Anyway, as you can see it is a bogus e-mail going around. I guess someone also investigated it at Snopes.com. That is a great website to check out, especially if someone sends you one of those e-mails that says something like forward this and Microsoft will send you $100.00.

24
Bogus e-mail claims store closings

By Bill Kirk
bkirk@eagletribune.com

A bogus e-mail flooding the Internet is warning consumers around the country, including many in the Merrimack Valley, that 30 major retailers will close scores of stores by the end of December and that shoppers had better use the gift cards from those stores before it's too late.

"It seems there are lots of stores that are closing due to the 'recession' and the fact that people are not shopping," says the e-mail, which has spread like a virus as people forward it to friends and family. "If you have any 'gift cards' from these stores make sure you use them or you will lose them!"

The e-mail, which is of unknown origin, also is being posted on some Web sites as news. It says that the stores have informed the "Security Exchange of closing plans between October 2008 and January 2009."

There is no such thing as the "Security Exchange," although the Securities and Exchange Commission does exist. It does not, however, keep track of store closings.

Much of the information in the e-mail is outdated, and some of it contains inflated and flatly erroneous claims about store closings.

For example, it mentions that Ann Taylor would be closing 117 stores nationwide. However, that series of closings was announced nearly 11 months ago, in January 2008, as part of a corporatewide restructuring. The local store, in Rockingham Mall in Salem, N.H., is not closing, according to a clerk at the store. A corporate spokeswoman did not return calls.

Another women's clothing store, Cache, was listed as having plans to close all of its roughly 300 stores. Cache did close 20 stores earlier this year as part of a restructuring, according to a spokeswoman, but has no plans to close others.

According to a posting on the Web site Snopes.com, which tracks the veracity of Web-based and other common urban myths, the e-mail is "partly true."

"Although cutbacks are in the cards for most of the retailers mentioned in the message ... none of them has announced plans to completely shutter their operations by the end of 2008," the Web site reported, citing numerous legitimate media outlets as sources for the article.

The Disney store at the Rockingham Mall in Salem, N.H., will not be closing, despite what the e-mail stated.

Melissa Rozansky, a spokeswoman for Disney Store USA, said the information about Disney closing 98 stores is "very old."

"We closed stores earlier this year during a transition from being a licensed business separate from the Walt Disney family to becoming part of the Disney family," she said. "We took the stores back into the fold in May of this year, and we did close around 100 stores. We have no current plan or announcement to close 98 stores."

Rozansky said she has a Google alert set for whenever stories come up about Disney stores, and that for the last six weeks, stories about the company closing stores have been popping up repeatedly.

More recently, she got the e-mail about the gift cards.

"Somebody I know sent me that," she said. "I said, 'What the heck is this about?'"

She noted that she received a call from a newspaper in the middle of the country last week doing a story about the bogus e-mail.

"It's not true for Disney stores," she said. "It's completely inaccurate."

Other stores mentioned in the e-mail include Ethan Allen, which has 300 stores around the country, including one in North Andover and another in Plaistow. The e-mail claimed that the company was closing 12 stores, something the furniture chain did last January. No further closings are planned.

Talbots, which owns the J. Jill brand of stores, are supposedly closing both chains, according to the e-mail. Not true, says a spokeswoman.

The Hingham, Mass.-based company did close 78 Talbots stores late last year and earlier this year, including 66 Talbots kids' stores and 12 Talbot's men's stores, but has no plans to close anymore of its stores, according to Julie Lorigan, vice president for media relations.

What is true is that Talbots earlier this year announced plans to sell its J. Jill chain of stores, but not to close any of them.

Bob Cuomo, dean of the Girard School of Business and International Commerce at Merrimack College, said that many companies are retrenching, but that none of the ongoing rumors about the closing of Brookstone or layoffs at Lord & Taylor or even the shutdown of Talbots have been substantiated.

"It really hurts the economy," he said, noting that "people hear rumors about layoffs, they become more pessimistic and it becomes very damaging because then they don't spend any money because they start to worry about their own jobs."

He said the e-mail and stories are further evidence that the Internet can be a dubious source of information.

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mminichan · 11-22-2008, 08:09 AM

I thank God everyday for another day of hope. I am thankful that I am blesssed.

YorkieMom55 · 11-22-2008, 06:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xxmxaxrxyxx

but wanted to share this with everyone especially around this time of year.
Watch those store money cards and gift cards and credit slips. They will be worthless!
Stores that informed the Security Exchange of closing plans between
October 2008 and January 2009. PLEASE PASS THIS ON TO ALL YOUR FAMILY
AND FRIENDS.
Circuit City stores... 150 stores closed
Ann Taylor- 117 stores nationwide are to be shuttered
Lane Bryant,, Fashion Bug ,and Catherine's to close 150 store nationwide
Eddie Bauer to close stores 27 stores and more after January
Cache will close all stores
Talbots closing down all stores
J. Jill closing all stores
GAP closing 85 stores
Footlocker closing 140 stores more to close after January
Wickes Furniture closing down
Levitz closing down remaining stores
Bombay closing remaining stores
Zales closing down 82 stores and 105 after January.
Whitehall closing all stores
Piercing Pagoda closing all stores
Disney closing 98 stores and will close more after January.
Home Depot closing 15 stores 1 in NJ (New Brunswick)
Macys to close 9 stores after January
Linens and Things closing all stores
Movie Galley Closing all stores
Pacific Sunware closing stores
Pep Boys Closing 33 stores
Sprint/ Nextel closing 133 stores
JC Penney closing a number of stores after January
Ethan Allen closing down 12 stores.
Wilson Leather closing down all stores
Sharper Image closing down all stores
K B Toys closing 356 stores
Loews to close down some stores
Dill ard's to close some stores.

Great thought, thanks for posting it. I read about it on Snopes search Store Closing. They seem to have updates on all of them.

I have even been thinking about it when I make purchases for Christmas. What stores will still be open if there's a problem with anything 6 weeks from now. We are being very mindfull about our Holiday $$$ and where it is going, who do we support, and of course always looking for the best bang for the buck. Things are tighter than usual this year. The Grand's were worried that we would not go shopping for our kids from the local "Angel Tree" I told them that the Angels would come first and they agreed.

xxmxaxrxyxx · 11-22-2008, 06:59 PM

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Originally Posted by YorkieMom55

Great thought, thanks for posting it. I read about it on Snopes search Store Closing. They seem to have updates on all of them.

I have even been thinking about it when I make purchases for Christmas. What stores will still be open if there's a problem with anything 6 weeks from now. We are being very mindfull about our Holiday $$$ and where it is going, who do we support, and of course always looking for the best bang for the buck. Things are tighter than usual this year. The Grand's were worried that we would not go shopping for our kids from the local "Angel Tree" I told them that the Angels would come first and they agreed.

rather if these store closing are true...i think it still holds a valid point about buying gc .. and that is so sweet about the angels..i do that every year too..

11-22-2008, 03:43 AM	#1
xxmxaxrxyxx Missing Yoshi Everyday! Donating Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Wichita, KS Posts: 15,110 Blog Entries: 3	I dunno how much of this is true ... but wanted to share this with everyone especially around this time of year. Watch those store money cards and gift cards and credit slips. They will be worthless! Stores that informed the Security Exchange of closing plans between October 2008 and January 2009. PLEASE PASS THIS ON TO ALL YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS. Circuit City stores... 150 stores closed Ann Taylor- 117 stores nationwide are to be shuttered Lane Bryant,, Fashion Bug ,and Catherine's to close 150 store nationwide Eddie Bauer to close stores 27 stores and more after January Cache will close all stores Talbots closing down all stores J. Jill closing all stores GAP closing 85 stores Footlocker closing 140 stores more to close after January Wickes Furniture closing down Levitz closing down remaining stores Bombay closing remaining stores Zales closing down 82 stores and 105 after January. Whitehall closing all stores Piercing Pagoda closing all stores Disney closing 98 stores and will close more after January. Home Depot closing 15 stores 1 in NJ (New Brunswick) Macys to close 9 stores after January Linens and Things closing all stores Movie Galley Closing all stores Pacific Sunware closing stores Pep Boys Closing 33 stores Sprint/ Nextel closing 133 stores JC Penney closing a number of stores after January Ethan Allen closing down 12 stores. Wilson Leather closing down all stores Sharper Image closing down all stores K B Toys closing 356 stores Loews to close down some stores Dill ard's to close some stores. __________________ Yoshi Mei Ling Ting Ting Ting Ki Sun Hye Yukio Kioshi

11-22-2008, 07:57 AM	#6
MY BELLA MIA Yorkie Talker Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Naples, FL, USA Posts: 16 Blog Entries: 2	Store closings Published: November 19, 2008 12:17 am ShareThis PrintThis HI All, I googled "cache stores+closing" and this is one of the first links that popped up. It's from the newspaper where I used to live in Massachusetts. The Eagle Tribune. Anyway, as you can see it is a bogus e-mail going around. I guess someone also investigated it at Snopes.com. That is a great website to check out, especially if someone sends you one of those e-mails that says something like forward this and Microsoft will send you $100.00. 24 Bogus e-mail claims store closings By Bill Kirk bkirk@eagletribune.com A bogus e-mail flooding the Internet is warning consumers around the country, including many in the Merrimack Valley, that 30 major retailers will close scores of stores by the end of December and that shoppers had better use the gift cards from those stores before it's too late. "It seems there are lots of stores that are closing due to the 'recession' and the fact that people are not shopping," says the e-mail, which has spread like a virus as people forward it to friends and family. "If you have any 'gift cards' from these stores make sure you use them or you will lose them!" The e-mail, which is of unknown origin, also is being posted on some Web sites as news. It says that the stores have informed the "Security Exchange of closing plans between October 2008 and January 2009." There is no such thing as the "Security Exchange," although the Securities and Exchange Commission does exist. It does not, however, keep track of store closings. Much of the information in the e-mail is outdated, and some of it contains inflated and flatly erroneous claims about store closings. For example, it mentions that Ann Taylor would be closing 117 stores nationwide. However, that series of closings was announced nearly 11 months ago, in January 2008, as part of a corporatewide restructuring. The local store, in Rockingham Mall in Salem, N.H., is not closing, according to a clerk at the store. A corporate spokeswoman did not return calls. Another women's clothing store, Cache, was listed as having plans to close all of its roughly 300 stores. Cache did close 20 stores earlier this year as part of a restructuring, according to a spokeswoman, but has no plans to close others. According to a posting on the Web site Snopes.com, which tracks the veracity of Web-based and other common urban myths, the e-mail is "partly true." "Although cutbacks are in the cards for most of the retailers mentioned in the message ... none of them has announced plans to completely shutter their operations by the end of 2008," the Web site reported, citing numerous legitimate media outlets as sources for the article. The Disney store at the Rockingham Mall in Salem, N.H., will not be closing, despite what the e-mail stated. Melissa Rozansky, a spokeswoman for Disney Store USA, said the information about Disney closing 98 stores is "very old." "We closed stores earlier this year during a transition from being a licensed business separate from the Walt Disney family to becoming part of the Disney family," she said. "We took the stores back into the fold in May of this year, and we did close around 100 stores. We have no current plan or announcement to close 98 stores." Rozansky said she has a Google alert set for whenever stories come up about Disney stores, and that for the last six weeks, stories about the company closing stores have been popping up repeatedly. More recently, she got the e-mail about the gift cards. "Somebody I know sent me that," she said. "I said, 'What the heck is this about?'" She noted that she received a call from a newspaper in the middle of the country last week doing a story about the bogus e-mail. "It's not true for Disney stores," she said. "It's completely inaccurate." Other stores mentioned in the e-mail include Ethan Allen, which has 300 stores around the country, including one in North Andover and another in Plaistow. The e-mail claimed that the company was closing 12 stores, something the furniture chain did last January. No further closings are planned. Talbots, which owns the J. Jill brand of stores, are supposedly closing both chains, according to the e-mail. Not true, says a spokeswoman. The Hingham, Mass.-based company did close 78 Talbots stores late last year and earlier this year, including 66 Talbots kids' stores and 12 Talbot's men's stores, but has no plans to close anymore of its stores, according to Julie Lorigan, vice president for media relations. What is true is that Talbots earlier this year announced plans to sell its J. Jill chain of stores, but not to close any of them. Bob Cuomo, dean of the Girard School of Business and International Commerce at Merrimack College, said that many companies are retrenching, but that none of the ongoing rumors about the closing of Brookstone or layoffs at Lord & Taylor or even the shutdown of Talbots have been substantiated. "It really hurts the economy," he said, noting that "people hear rumors about layoffs, they become more pessimistic and it becomes very damaging because then they don't spend any money because they start to worry about their own jobs." He said the e-mail and stories are further evidence that the Internet can be a dubious source of information. ShareThis PrintThis More stories from the News section

11-22-2008, 08:09 AM	#7
mminichan Slave to Princess Chloe Donating Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: NJ Posts: 1,258	I thank God everyday for another day of hope. I am thankful that I am blesssed. Last edited by mminichan; 11-22-2008 at 08:12 AM.

11-22-2008, 06:16 AM	#2
mminichan Slave to Princess Chloe Donating Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: NJ Posts: 1,258	Oh my godness! Looking at the list makes me so worry and scared of the economy!!! I am praying we will pass this BAD economy soon!!! Unemployment rate is crazy high now!!! Holiday is approaching and fear of losing a job just creep me out!