These 9 retailers have filed for bankruptcy or liquidation in 2019

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Payless is just one of the companies that's shutting down.

• It's only March, but a number of major national retailers have already filed for bankruptcy.
• Not all of these companies will cease to exist - some are just looking to restructure.
• Check out which retailers have already filed for bankruptcy this year.

We're just a few months into 2019, but we've already seen a number of major retailers file for bankruptcy.

Some of these bankruptcies will allow companies to restructure and re-enter the fray. Others, like Payless and Charlotte Russe, will shut down entirely.

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Unfortunately, this means that thousands of stores will shutter and thousands of employees will lose their job. And, given that it's only March, these likely won't be the only bankruptcies we hear about in 2019.

Here's a list of the retail companies that have filed for bankruptcy so far: