Stores' Closure Jilts Brides
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Ski buff Ashleigh Strobel envisioned an early winter wonderland for her wedding next month: royal-blue and white snow globes as centerpieces at each table, snowflake-shaped cookie cutters as favors and, glimmering over everything, eight crystal chandeliers lighting the reception hall behind the Walkersville Fire House.
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Department store operator Saks Inc. plans to close 11 locations, including the 42-year-old Saks Fifth Avenue in Garden City, the company said Friday.
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Is the women's retailer on the road to recovery?
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Vanessa Antrobus was meeting her husband at a jewelry store to pick out the wedding ring they couldn't afford when they got married. A.J. Walker and his dad were buying Valentine's Day cards for their family. Teresa Ellis was celebrating a bonus she'd gotten at work.
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More than 25 percent of married couples in Briton have lost one or both of their wedding rings since tying the knot, according to a survey released.
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Retailer Saks Inc.  on Friday said it will close eight of its luxury Saks Fifth Avenue stores and three of its lower-price Off 5th stores, resulting in a loss of 700 jobs at those stores.
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The fund to compensate families who lost savings in the Farepak Christmas fund collapse is to close.
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The closure of the Burberry factory in the Rhondda with the loss of 300 jobs provokes a furious response.
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- Apparel Retailer Gap Inc.  said it will close its Forth & Towne store concept after an 18-month pilot, and it would affect about 550 employees.
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By Greg Stiles, Mail Tribune, Medford, Ore.  Sep. 20--The little country store on the corner of Lone Pone and Foothill  roads is no more.
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In a major revamping of its sluggish clothing business, Wal-Mart Stores will shut two divisions at its headquarters in Arkansas.
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Sales fall and losses double at home decor retailer.
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By early afternoon, word had spread and dozens of customers crowded the bookstore's aisles. One of the nation's largest black-owned bookstore chains, Karibu, will be closed by mid-February, and people brought their shock and sadness to Bowie Town Center, along with their checkbooks.
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JUNCTION CITY, Kan. - Paula Alvarez and Dale Thompson knew their friends and fellow employees at Wal-Mart might not be able to attend their wedding because of work. "We decided to bring the wedding to them," Alvarez said.  So Wednesday night, the Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
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Kwik Save staff are to find out if they will lose their jobs as the chain prepares to close a third of its shops.
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All six of Budget DIY's Northern Ireland stores close with the loss of more than 180 jobs.
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Retailer Macy's Inc said on Friday it would close nine underperforming stores in Indiana, Ohio, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Utah and Texas.