Don’t believe the lying fake news media – the economy is tanking because people don’t have money any more.  There’s a lady who drives a nice car and lives in a nice neighborhood, but she can’t afford to pay an $80 bill that’s two months overdue.

1. Abercrombie & Fitch: 60 more stores are charted to close.
2. Aerosoles: Only 4 of their 88 stores are definitely remaining open.
3. American Apparel: They’ve filed for bankruptcy and all their stores have closed (or will soon).
4. BCBG: 118 stores have closed.
5. Bebe: Bebe is history, and all 168 stores have closed.
6. Bon-Ton: They’ve filed for Chapter 11 and will be closing 48 stores.
7. The Children’s Place: They plan to close hundreds of stores by 2020 and are going digital.
8. CVS: They closed 70 stores, but thousands still remain viable.
9. Foot Locker: They’re closing 110 underperforming stores shortly.
10. Guess: 60 stores will bite the dust this year.
11. Gymboree: A whopping 350 stores will close their doors for good this year.
12. HHGregg: All 220 stores will be closed this year after the company filed for bankruptcy.
13. J. Crew: They’ll be closing 50 stores instead of the original 20 they had announced.
14. J.C. Penney: They’ve closed 138 stores and plan to turn all the remaining ones into toy stores.
15. The Limited: All 250 retail locations have been closed and they’ve gone digital in an effort to remain in business.
16. Macy’s: Seven more stores will soon close and more than 5,000 employees will be laid off.
17. Michael Kors: They’ll close 125 stores this year.
18. Payless: They’ll be closing a whopping 800 stores this year after recently filing for bankruptcy.
19. Radio Shack: More than 1,000 stores have been shut down this year, leaving them with only 70 stores nationwide.
20. Rue 21: They’ll be closing 400 stores this year.
21. Sears/Kmart: They’ve closed over 300 locations.
22. Toys“R”Us: The 70-year-old company has announced the closure of all 735 of its stores, and has begun company-wide liquidation sales.  Its bankruptcy will leave 33,000 people without jobs.
23. Wet Seal: This business is history – all 171 stores will soon be closed.

And these are just the companies who have announced store closures so far – the bloodletting has just begun.

Thanks to Don McAlvany and the McAlvany Intelligence Adviser Newsletter for assembling this list.

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