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Sales pitchers retired from the mound:
In the face of tight credit and a plunge in sales of cars and trucks, about 4.2 percent of the country’s 20,084 auto dealerships shut their doors, according to data firm Urban Science.
More vanishing retail: While I was in Concord Mall today buying socks, I noticed that the Burger King and three stores were gone and vacant and the Spencer’s Gifts had turned into a plush looking hearing aid place.
The Burger King and Spencer’s had been there since before I moved to these parts, through all the iterations of the Mall. I can’t remember what the other stores were, which leads me to think they were women’s wear stores of some description.
The camera shop is long gone, a victim of digital photography.
