The chain closed its last branch on 5 January 2012.

With more than 740 stores at its peak, the chain closed in 1999 following Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

The chain has closed 19 stores, making 200 staff redundant.

The Shadow realized that the chain of crime-workers had closed.

The chain stopped franchising in 1986 and closed several stores.

Three other large Japanese chains have closed in the last 18 months.

By 2000, the chain had closed the last of its seventy-five stores.

Since 1998, the chain has closed more than 200 stores and sales have dropped to $12 billion from $2 billion.

The chain closed abruptly in January, 1994 with little warning to the community or employees.

When the chain closed in 1979, there were 42 stores.