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KB Toys may close 11 Connecticut stores after holidays.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, October, 2004
The Hartford Courant, Conn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Oct. 27--KB Toys Inc. said Tuesday it may close as many as 11 stores in Connecticut after the holidays as part of its ongoing efforts to emerge from bankruptcy protection.
KB, an 80-year-old toy retailer based in Pittsfield, Mass., said its stores in Bristol, Meriden, Willimantic, Danbury, Norwalk, Waterford and Fairfield will be closed by Jan. 31.
Another four stores -- in Manchester, Plainville, Milford and Greenwich -- may or may not be closed, depending on efforts to renegotiate lease terms with landlords, the company said.
The closings are part of a larger KB plan to shutter anywhere from 148 to 238 stores during the next three months in a bid to return to...
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