Retailers such as Ann Taylor, Sears and Talbots face store closings, bankruptcies, takeovers in 2009

From:  New York Daily News

This holiday season hit retailers hard.  As a result, many are facing mass store closings and bankruptcies.

Retailers will close 12,000 stores in 2009, Howard Davidowitz, chairman of retail consulting and investment-banking firm Davidowitz & Associates Inc. told Bloomberg News. 

Retailers such as Ann Taylor,Talbots and Sears are among the many retailers expected to close underperforming stores, Bloomberg News reported.

Britt Beemer of America’s Research Group dubbed this ”the worst holiday retail season in four decades.”  He predicted a…

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