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People stormed Filene's Basement during its annual bridal gown sale.
- There are many regional stores that were once beloved by locals and special to the communities where they were established.
- Sadly, a lot of them have been acquired by national giants or disappeared completely over the decades.
- These retailers disappeared for a number of reasons, including the financial crisis and declining foot traffic to malls.
- Check out these once-popular regional stores that now can be revisited only in memory.
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A number of regional stores that people once loved have disappeared over the years.
Before and during the 2008 financial crisis, a lot of once-successful regional chains, many of which were family-run, started to see their businesses suffer. Many of them eventually collapsed or were merged into national chains.
Their falls could be attributed to a number of factors, including the tanking economy, fierce competition from national giants, and stores' inability to adapt to customers' changing needs.
Here's a list of now-disappeared regional stores that shoppers once loved: