This one just bubbled up: the Metropolitan Museum is closing 15 stores nationwide in a cost-cutting move. The museum only had 23 stores, so this is a substantial resizing. The news resurfaced in conjunction with reports of layoffs and financial losses in the museum's endowment. No operating plans are planned for the museum itself.
toys and gifts: March 2009 Archives
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- accessories (4)
- acquisition (9)
- airlines (3)
- announcements (8)
- apparel (43)
- arts (3)
- automotive (10)
- babies and children (1)
- banking (2)
- books (1)
- chapter 11 (69)
- chapter 7 (14)
- construction (3)
- consumer products (23)
- department stores (19)
- electronics (18)
- entertainment (11)
- expansion (7)
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- food (14)
- furniture and home (26)
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- international (2)
- jewelry (12)
- liquidation (11)
- manufacturing (11)
- mom-and-pop (9)
- pharmacy and drug (4)
- regional stores (28)
- restaurants (13)
- restructuring and resizing (13)
- rumors (2)
- services (4)
- sports (7)
- store closings (73)
- technology and infrastructure (2)
- toys and gifts (6)
- trends (21)
- updates (18)
- websites (4)