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Store closings

This year we saw the closing of a toy retailer giant. Toys R Us closed all of its more than 700 stores in the United States including numerous locations in Pennsylvania. And closer to home, The Bon-Ton which was based Springettsbury Township, York County and Milwaukee, closed the doors of all of its stores this year as well including numerous stores in the state. And Sears and Kmart closed hundreds of stores this year as well.

In addition, a number of other stores have announced closings.

Most of the closings on our list took place in 2018, while some stores have announced closings over a number of years.

Here's our list of retailers that have closed stores in 2018, or will close stores in the future.

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Toys R Us - All stores

It was the end of an era.

By the end of June, Toys R Us closed all of its 735 stores. Toys R Us and Babies R Us closed stores in the Altoona, Johnstown, Greensburg, Bensalem, Bethel Park, Cranberry Township, Erie, Exton, Fairless Hills, Horsham, King of Prussia, Harrisburg, Lancaster, Langhorne, Mechancisburg, Media, Monroeville, Montgomeryville, North Wales, Pottstown, Philadelphia, Reading, Scranton, Springfield, Tannersville, West Mifflin, Whitehall, Wilkes Barre, Wyomissing and York areas.

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Babies R Us

The Toys R Us closings included Babies R Us stores as well.

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The Bon-Ton - All stores

The Bon-Ton Stores closed all of its stores by the end of August. Bon-Ton had stores under the BonTon, Bergner's, Boston Store, Carson's, Elder-Beerman, Herberger's and Younkers nameplates. In Pennsylvania, stores included:

Susquehanna Valley Mall, Selinsgrove

Wyoming Valley Mall, Wilkes-Barre

Chambersburg Mall, Chambersburg

111 E Market St., Lewistown

Palmer Park Mall, Easton

Columbia Mall, Bloomsburg

300 Commons Drive, DuBois

Lycoming Mall, Pennsdale

400 Eisenhower drive, Hanover

Main Street, Doylestown

Galleria Mall, Johnstown

750 E. High St., Carlisle

751 Southwest End Blvd. Quakertown

Mill Creek Mall, Erie

870 Plaza Blvd., Lancaster

!066 Wyoming Ave., Wyoming

1500 W. Chestnut St., Washington

1665 State Hill Road, Wyomissing

2081 Springwood Road, York

2334 Oakland AVe., Indiana

3525 Whiteford Road, York

2901 E. College Ave., State College

3300 Lehigh St., Allentown

3525 Gettysburg Road, Lower Allen Township

4000 Market St., Warren

4600 Jonestown Road, Lower Paxton Township

Route 30, Greensburg

Hamilton Blvd., Trexlertown

U.S Route 322, Cranberry

Routes 611 and Bridge Street, Stroudsburg

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Mattress Firm - More than 400

Back in August, Mattress firm had more than 3,000 stores. In October, the company announced it had filed bankruptcy and would close 200 stores immediately and up to 700 by the end of the year. In November, it had announced it had completed restructuring and emerged from Chapter 11 with about 2,600 stores. In the end Mattress Firm closed numerous 20 stores in the state including stores in Lancaster, Lebanon, York and Berks Counties.

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Lowe's - 51

Last month, the retailer announced it would close 51 underperforming stores -- 21 in the U.S. and 30 in Canada. The stores are expected to close by February 2019. One of the stores is in Pennsylvania. Lowe's will close its store at 250 South Conestoga Drive, Shippensburg Township, Cumberland County.

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Victoria Secret - 20

In August, the retailer said it would close 20 stores in 2018 (including six that had already closed), but, didn't announce which stores would close, according to a Business Insider Report.

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Chipotle - 65

The chain said it would close between 55 and 65 stores this year, but the locations were not reported, according to a USA Today report.

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Starbucks - 150

Starbucks will close 150 stores in 2019.

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Subway - 500

Bloomberg reported back in April that Subway planned to close about 500 stores this year.

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GNC - 200

GNC announced in April that it intended to close approximately 200 stores in 2018.

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J. Crew

J. Crew announced in March it would close 20 stores in 2018.

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Abercrombie & Fitch - 60

In March the retailer announced it would close 60 stores in 2018, according to a CNBC report.

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Foot Locker - 110

Earlier this year Foot Locker said it would close 110 stores while opening 40 stores in 2018, according to Business Insider.

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Best Buy cell phone stores - 250

Best Buy announced earlier this year that it would close 250 small mobile phone stores this year, according to Reuters.

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J.C. Penney - 8

The retailer announced it would close eight stores this year, according to a CNBC report. None of them were in Pennsylvania, according to the report.

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Sam's Club - 63

The club announced in January it would close 63 stores this year, according to a Business Insider report. None of the stores were in the state, according to the report.

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Macy's - 11

In January, Macy's announced the closing of 11 stores. With these closures, the company had completed 81 of the approximately 100 planned store closures announced in August 2016. None of the stores that closed were in Pennsylvania.

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Gap Inc. - 200

In 2017, the company announced that over the the next three years, the company expects to close 200 Gap and Banana Republic stores while opening about 270 stores in its other brands including Old Navy and Athleta.

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Gap

Some Gap stores closed this year.

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Banana Republic

Some Banana Republic stores closed this year.

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Ascena Retail Group - 667

Ascena Retail Group says that it will close up to 667 stores through 2019, according to Business Insider. Ascena will close stores from the following three brands:

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Ann Taylor

Ascena will be closing some of its Ann Taylor stores.

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Loft

Ascena will be closing some of its Loft stores.

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Dress Barn

Ascena will be closing some of its Dress Barn stores.

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Michael Kors - 125

In May of last year, Michael Kors said it would close 100-125 stores over the next two years.

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Office Depot/OfficeMax - 300

The company said it would close 300 stores over a three-year period by 2018. An OfficeMax store closed in Silver Spring Township this year, and one closed in Lower Paxton Township in 2016.

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The Children's Place - 144

The Children's Place is closing 144 stores by the end of 2020, according to Business Insider.

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Claire's - 92

Claire's closed 92 stores in March and April including several stores in Pennsylvania. One of those stores was a store at the Harrisburg Mall.

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Walgreens/Rite Aid - 600 stores

Walgreens plans to close about 600 drugstores over an 18 month period which began in the spring of 2018, according to USA Today. The company told the paper that most of the closings will be Rite Aid stores, and the vast majority will be within a mile of another store in the Walgreens network.

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Sears and Kmart - hundreds

Sears Holdings announced this week that it is closing another 80 stores by March 2019 including the store at the Park City Center in Lancaster (auto center will close in January).

Other closings in Pennsylvania include:

Kmart, 996 West View Park Drive, Pittsburgh

Kmart, 2873 W. 26th St., Erie

Sears, 5256 Route 30, Greensburg (auto center will close in January)

Sears, 5580 Goods Lane, Ste. 1005 Altoona (auto center will close in January)

Sears Holdings announced in November that it would close 40 stores by February 2019.

Among the 40 stores, four are in Pennsylvania. Those stores include:

Kmart - 7101 Roosevelt Blvd., Philadelphia

Kmart - 1901 Lincoln Highway, North Versailles

Sears - 1665 State Hill Road, Wyomissing

Sears - 344 Stroud Mall, Stroudsburg

In October, the retailer announced the closing of 142 stores including these stores in Pennsylvania.

Sears:

880 Butler Street, Pittsburgh

5522 Shaffer Rd, Dubois

100 Neshaminy Mall, Bensalem

2300 E Lincoln Hwy, Langhorn (Lands' End)

Kmart:

720 Clairton Blvd/Rte 51, Pleasant Hills

528 W Plank Road, Altoona

1502 South Fourth St., Allentown

1000 Nutt Rd, Phoenixville

1170 Mae Street, Derry Township

100 Tarentum Rd, New Kensington

1180 Walnut Bottom Rd, South Middleton Township

3205 Lincoln Hwy, Thorndale

111 Hulst Dr, Matamoras

In August, Sears Holding announced the closing of 46 stores. None of these stores were in Pennsylvania.

In May, Sears Holding announced the closing of 72 stores.

In in the first week of 2018, Sears Holdings announced the closing of 103 stores including these stores in Pennsylvania.

1025 Washington Pike, Bridgeville

2900 N. Elmira St., Sayre

463 N. Enola Rts. 11 & 15, East Pennsboro Township

5050 Jonestown Road, Lower Paxton Township

5 Laurel Mall, Hazleton Township

1874 North Township Blvd., Pittston

2235 E. State St., Hermitage

3301 Aramingo Ave., Philadelphia

491 Allegheny Blvd., Franklin

650 Old Willow Ave., Honesdale

1008 Ross Park Mall Drive, Pittsburgh

7300 Bustleton Ave., Philadelphia

1155 Carlisle St., Hanover

In addition, Sears Holdings is selling hundreds of leases and properties including about 50 in Pennsylvania including numerous stores in the midstate some of which are scheduled to close. An auction is scheduled for next month.

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Numerous Kmart stores have closed.

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Numerous Sears stores have closed.

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