Demand a Return of Your Defined Pension Plan
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Get over it. Pensions are gone from this industry and just about every other industry. If you want a classic style pension get a government job. Otherwise start saving you pennies and fund your retirement yourself.
You know what else "they" Say, the price of freedom is vigilance.
No... Oh, and one more thing, if you'd like to "give in", and obviously you do, and you follow like.. oh say a small dog, or a communist citizen, then go ahead.
Not for me. Don't want it. Won't have it. Notta,nope, and one more thing negative.
Keep following ...
Store Closings: Symptoms of A Depressed Economy
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June 23, 2008
1. Ann Taylor closing 117 stores nationwide A company spokeswoman said the company hasn’t revealed which stores will be shuttered. It will let the stores that will close this fiscal year know over the next month.
2. Eddie Bauer to close more stores - Eddie Bauer has already closed 27 shops in the first quarter and plans to close up to two more outlet stores by the end of the year.
3. Cache closing stores - Women’s retailer Cache announced that it is closing 20 to 23 stores this year.
4. Lane Bryant, Fashion Bug, Catherines closing 150 stores nationwide The owner of retailers Lane Bryant , Fashion Bug , Catherines Plus Sizes will close about 150 underperforming stores this year. The company hasn’t provided a list of specific store closures and can’t say when it will offer that info, spokeswoman Brooke Perry said today.
5. Talbots, J. Jill closing stores - About a month ago, Talbots announced that it will be shuttering all 78 of its kids and men’s stores. Now the company says it will close another 22 underperforming stores.
The 22 stores will be a mix of Talbots women’s and J. Jill, another chain it owns. The closures will occur this fiscal year, according to a company press release.
6. Gap Inc. closing 85 stores - In addition to its namesake chain, Gap also owns Old Navy and Banana Republic. The company said the closures - all planned for fiscal 2008 - will be weighted toward the Gap brand.
7. Foot Locker to close 140 stores - In the company press release and during its conference call with analysts today, it did not specify where the future store closures - all planned in fiscal 2008 - will be. The company could not be immediately reached for comment
8. Wickes is going out o f business - Wickes Furniture is going out of business and closing all of its stores, Wickes, a 37-year-old retailer that targets middle-income customers, filed for bankruptcy protection last month.
9. Goodbye Levitz - The furniture retailer, which is going out of business. Levitz first announced it was going out of business and closing all 76 of its stores in December. The retailer dates back to 1910 when Richard Levitz opened his first furniture store in Lebanon , PA. In the 1960s, the warehouse/showroom concept brought Levitz to the forefront of the furniture industry.
The local Levitz closures will follow the shutdown of Bombay.
10. Zales, Piercing Pagoda closing stores - The owner of Zales and Piercing Pagoda previously said it plans to close 82 stores by July 31. Today, it announc ed that it is closing another 23 underperforming stores. The company said it’s not providing a list of specific store closures. Of the 105 locations planned for closure, 50 are kiosks and 55 are stores.
11. Disney Store owner has the right to close 98 stores The Walt Disney Company announced it acquired about 220 Disney Stores from subsidiaries of The Children’s Place Retail Stores. The exact number of stores acquired will depend on negotiations with landlords.
Those subsidiaries of Children’s Place filed for bankruptcy protection in late March. Walt Disney in the news release said it has also obtained the right to close about 98 Disney Stores in the U.S. The press release didn’t list those stores.
12. Home Depot store closings - ATLANTA - Nearly 7+ months after its chief executive said there were no plans to cut the number of its core retail stores, The Home Depot I nc.ann ounced Thursday that it is shuttering 15 of them amid a slumping U.S. economy and housing market. The move will affect 1,300 employees.
It is the first time the world’s largest home improvement store chain has ever closed a flagship store for performance reasons. Its shares rose almost 5 percent. The Atlanta-based company said the underperforming U.S.stores being closed represent less than 1 percent of its existing stores. They will be shuttered within the next two months.
13. CompUSA clarifies details on store closings Any extended warranties purchased for products through CompUSA will be honored by a third-party provider, Assurant Solutions. Gift cards, rain checks, and rebates purchased prior to December 12 can be redeemed at any time during the final sale. For those w h o h ave a gadget currently in for service with CompUSA, the repair will be completed and the gadget will be returned to owners. http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9834177-7html < http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9834177-7.html >
14. Macy’s - 9 stores -
15. Movie Gallery - 160 stores as part of reorganization plan to exit bankruptcyThe video rental company plans to close 400 of 3,500 Movie Gallery and Hollywood Video stores in addition to the 520 locations the video rental chain closed last fall.
16. Pep Boys - 33 stores
17. Sprint Nextel - 125 retail locations New Sprint Nextel CEO Dan Hesse appears to have inherited a company bleeding subscribers by the thousands, and will now officially be dropping the ax on 4,000 employees and 125 retail locations. Amid the loss of 639,000 postpaid customers in the fourth quarter, Sprint will be cutting a total of 6.7% of its work force (following the 5,000 layoffs last year) and 8% of company-owned brick-and-mortar stores, while remaining mute on other rumors that it will consolidate its headquarters in Kansas. Sprint Nextel shares are down $2.89, or nearly 25%, at the time of this writing.
18. J. C. Penney, Lowe’s and Office Depot are scaling back
19. Ethan Allen Interiors: The company announced plans to close 12 of 300+ stores in an effort to cut costs.
20. Wilsons the Leather Experts - 158 stores
21. Pacific Sunwear will close its 154 Demo stores after a review of strategic alternatives for the urban-apparel brand. Seventy-four underperforming Demo stores closed last May.
22. Sharper Image: The company recently filed for bankruptcy protection and announced that 90 of its 184 stores are closing. The retailer will still operate 94 stores to pay off debts, but 90 of these stores have performed poorly and also may close.
23. Bombay Company: The company unveiled plans to close all 384 U.S.-based Bombay Company stores. The company’s online storefront has discontinued operations.
24. KB Toys posted a list of 356 stores that it is closing around the United States as part of its bankruptcy reorganization. To see the list of store closings, go to the KB Toys Information web site, and click on Press Information
25. Dillard’s to Close More Stores Dillard’s Inc. said it will continue to focus on closing underperforming stores, reducing expenses and improving its merchandise in 2008. At the company’s annual shareholder meeting, CEO William Dillard II said the company will close another six underperforming stores this year.
He's trying to say we need a union so we can extort DAL.
To expect a company to provide your retirement in today's world is ridiculous. Take a close look at what the unions are doing to the automakers and tell me that is even close to a good thing.
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Yeh I should have guessed as much...
Getitgoin,
What is the point of your post of all the stores closing? What does that have to do with DAL and pensions? You bring attention to a week economy which only supports the argument that companies can not afford to bare the responsibility of your retirement any more.
What is the point of your post of all the stores closing? What does that have to do with DAL and pensions? You bring attention to a week economy which only supports the argument that companies can not afford to bare the responsibility of your retirement any more.
The weak economy is due to millions of jobs being outsourced to places with cheap labor, unreasonably high fuel costs(which really effects the retail market) ham-stringing all Americans,
the millions of jobs that were good paying jobs, replaced by low wage service sector jobs( the wages of which have been undermined by illegals),etc.etc.
This economy is being torn down from within, and Americans cannot afford to give up anything, because every bit we give up is another nail in the coffin.
Our country is being led down the wrong path, as national polls show.
Everyone should be putting two and two together. The labor unions need your help to save your independence. Read the article I posted from the Teamsters web page, about oil market speculation.
Cooper you see what's goin on, others are trying to maintain the smoke and mirrors.
..and there it is.
The labor unions are working great for American manufacturers :unsure: . The manufacturers have so much overhead that they cant price their vehicle competitively, in the free market they are getting crushed. A union isn't the solution, some fair tariffs on imports are.
We the mechanics, as a whole, do not want a union. Its not kool-aid either. Its having to deal with all the politics involved with a union.
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Uni, half the stuff you put out here reeks of communism; your mentality maketh my head spin trying to keep up or figure it out
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WRONG,
getitgoin (in a sense is saying)...."STOP walking around like a bunch of LEMMINGS in a hypnotic state, getting No MORE angry than a faint grumble....as you (most likely) still earn the SAME money, work Harder, and your MONOPOLY MONEY..US Dollar Buys FAR LESS."
Obviously, those of you who may work in a small office, are unable to do much to initiate a better change, ...BUT for those who work for a LARGE company(say an airline based in ATL a an example/for starters) can definetly Unite to effect change.
Its NOT rocket science.
Its NOT communism
Its called......STAND UP........F I G H T.........(Think Intestinal Fortitude)
getitgoin (in a sense is saying)...."STOP walking around like a bunch of LEMMINGS in a hypnotic state, getting No MORE angry than a faint grumble....as you (most likely) still earn the SAME money, work Harder, and your MONOPOLY MONEY..US Dollar Buys FAR LESS."
Obviously, those of you who may work in a small office, are unable to do much to initiate a better change, ...BUT for those who work for a LARGE company(say an airline based in ATL a an example/for starters) can definetly Unite to effect change.
Its NOT rocket science.
Its NOT communism
Its called......STAND UP........F I G H T.........(Think Intestinal Fortitude)
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