Ames Department Stores Announces Closing ALEXANDRIA, VA - AUG 14: An Ames Department Store stands August 14, 2002 in Alexandria, Virginia. Ames Chairman and CEO Joseph R. Ettore in announced that the discount chain would close all 327 store locations leaving 22,000 unemployed. (Photo by Mike Theiler/Getty Images) (Mike Theiler/Getty Images)
Nation's Economic Downturn 396093 04: An Ames department store holding a liquidation sale is seen October 18, 2001 in Chicago. Ames, which has declared bankruptcy protection twice in the last 11 years, made its latest Chapter 11 filing on August 20. (Photo by Tim Boyle/Getty Images) (Tim Boyle/Getty Images)
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Ames Department Stores Announces Closing ALEXANDRIA, VA - AUG 14: Shopping carts are lined up outside the Ames Department Store August 14, 2002 in Alexandria, Virginia. Ames Chairman and CEO Joseph R. Ettore in announced that the discount chain would close all 327 store locations leaving 22,000 unemployed. (Photo by Mike Theiler/Getty Images) (Mike Theiler/Getty Images)
Nation's Economic Downturn 396093 02: Several sale signs hang in a window of an Ames department store October 18, 2001 in Chicago. Ames, which has declared bankruptcy protection twice in the last 11 years, made its latest Chapter 11 filing on August 20. (Photo by Tim Boyle/Getty Images) (Tim Boyle/Getty Images)