So sad!!!

In CT there will only be one left. I believe they said they are closing 89 stores.

Ours is 20 - 35% off right now. They believe doors will be closed by end of June.

From MSNBC.com:

Disney takes over Disney Stores chain
Disney taking chain from Children’s Place; stores will close
BURBANK, Calif. - Walt Disney Co. said Thursday it has taken over the Disney Store chain in North America from Children’s Place Retail Stores, and will close about 98 stores U.S. and two in Canada.
Specific financial terms weren’t disclosed, but Secaucus, N.J.-based Children’s Place said it will cost the company $50 million to exit the operations, at the bottom of its estimated range of $50 million to $100 million.
Walt Disney acquired about 220 Disney Stores in the U.S. and Canada. The deal was completed in conjunction with the bankruptcy proceedings Children’s Place subsidiaries Hoop Retail Stores and Hoop Canada, which ran the Disney Store chain. The companies filed for Chapter 11 protection in March.
Children’s Place will provide transitional support services to Disney for up to six months. After the deal closes, Children’s Place said Hoop will continue with its bankruptcy and anticipates filing a plan of reorganization by the end of 2008.
“For The Children’s Place, we can once again focus exclusively on building our core namesake brand and driving the business forward,” said Chuck Crovitz, interim chief executive of the children’s clothing chain. “For Hoop, the transfer of the DSNA business back to Disney maximizes the return to creditors, enables a substantial portion of the chain to continue operating and is in the best interest of Hoop’s suppliers, landlords, creditors and others.”
Children’s Place took control of the stores in 2004. Crovitz said in March that the arrangement hadn’t worked out.
In announcing its exit plan March 20, Children’s Place said the Disney Stores recorded an operating loss of $92.1 million for the quarter that ended Feb. 2, and $107.3 million for the year.
Disney says company veteran James D. Fielding will become president of Disney Stores Worldwide, overseeing North American operations and the 107 Disney Stores in Europe.

The one is our local mall closed already

Is there a list anywhere of which ones will close?

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Chesapeake square mall store was 20% off today. Add that to already reduced prices and some items are up to 50% off.

The only one left in Rochester NY is closing now we have none.

I see why.. some things they are WAY too high on. I mean you pay the same AT disney world!

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