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Walking Co. To Close 71 Big Dogs Doors

SANTA BARBARA, CA-The shoe chain will continue as it posts upward sales trends, but the active wear chain, once at 231 stores, will liquidate its inventory.

By Debra Hazel | Updated on October 03, 2008

SANTA BARBARA, CA-The Walking Co. Holdings will close its remaining Big Dogs stores by early 2009 as part of a long-term restructuring plan, the company said yesterday. However, the company will continue to expand its namesake shoe store chain.

The Walking Co. will open three stores this year, while Big Dogs, and active wear and accessories chain, has reached agreements with “substantially all” its landlords to close its remaining 71 stores. At its height, Big Dogs operated 231 stores, but by the end of last year had been reduced to 140 units. The company expects to be a six to eight-store chain by the end of January, with those stores retained to liquidate remaining inventory.

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