Memo to the masses

GIFT CARD BUYERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!READ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Stores that have already informed the Security Exchange of closing plans between October 2008 and January 2009 are:

Circuit City=2 0- most stores
Ann Taylor- 117 stores nationwide are to be shuttered
Lane Bryant, Fashion Bug, and Catherine's - close 150 store nationwide
Eddie Bauer - close stores 27 stores and more after January
Cache - 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 Company - closing remaining stores
Zales - closing down 82 stores and 105 after January.
Whitehall - closing all stores
Piercing Pagoda - closing all stores
Disney Stores - closing 98 stores and will close more after January.
Home Depot - closing 15 stores
Macys - 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
Lowes - to close down some stores
Dillard's - to close some stores.

Last year I got a gift card from Sharper Image, I tried to use it in April. They did not honor it.

As always, the lesson is, Cash is King.