Two decades after it opened, the mall predicted to be a “new downtown” in North Raleigh limps along, a ghost town with an uncertain future.

In 2005, Sears Holdings was one of the largest retailers in the world with more than 3,400 Sears and KMart locations combined ...

The retailer once had more than 3,400 Sears and KMart stores combined, but now has just five stores still open.

Sears now has just five full-line U.S. stores left after bankruptcy, losses and thousands of closures since its retail peak in 2005.

With some traditional retailers looking for the exit doors at shopping malls across the country or vanishing completely, malls can be forced to evolve or die. Change has become the norm at Chapel ...

There was a time when Sears was as big as it gets in the retail game in the United States, and having the store’s catalog in hand … well, 30 years ago that was about like hoping on Amazon or any of ...

Women’s clothing boutique Francesca’s has filed for bankruptcy and is now beginning nationwide store-closing sales. The Houston-based retailer filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the U.S. Bankruptcy ...

Francesca's — a popular women's clothing store with more than 400 locations across almost all 50 states — has decided to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy again and shut down all of its locations forever ...

The next phase of bankruptcy restructuring is underway for the retail empire behind Saks Fifth Avenue, Bergdorf Goodman and Neiman Marcus. Saks Global announced Tuesday that it is closing eight Saks ...

Saks Global Enterprises said Tuesday it will close nine stores as it shifts its focus to more profitable locations. The company said eight Saks Fifth Avenue locations and one Neiman Marcus store will ...

Amid its bankruptcy, Saks Global is closing one of its luxury Saks Fifth Avenue stores — at the high-end wing in the American Dream mall, the company announced on Feb. 10. Saks Global’s announcement ...

Tennessee’s only full-size IKEA location is closing. A statement from the super-popular furniture and home accessories chain said the Memphis, Tenn., store is closing on May 3 as “part of a strategic ...