Goody's Family Clothing to Close 69 Stores

If you've read many of my articles, you'll know that I'm all about saving money wherever possible. One of my favorite stores to shop at is Goody's Family Clothing. There are no stores near my current home, but whenever I go back to my hometown to visit my family, I always stop at Goody's and unburden myself of a huge chunk of my paycheck. And when I go TDY to Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery, Alabama, I make sure to hit up the Prattville store - it's one of Goody's larger and newer stores.

If you've never heard of Goody's, you might be wondering what all the fuss is about. Goody's offers great quality name-brand clothing, shoes and accessories for the entire family. You can also find housewares and some outdoor items at Goody's. They also offer their merchandise at very deeply discounted prices. If you check the local newspaper, or pick up a flyer at the store, you can usually find percent-off coupons. They are always running sales. And, perhaps best of all, Goody's offers a great military discount for military ID card-holders. You can't miss when you shop at Goody's.

I opened my local newspaper's website today to find that Goody's is closing 69 of their stores as part of restructuring under Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings. I immediately checked, and thankfully, the store in my hometown is safe. For now, anyway. A total of 108 stores will be closed, so who knows what will happen in the near future. For now, I'll continue to shop Goody's whenever I can, and support this great retail establishment. I found a list of the stores that will be closing from Goody's website at www.shopgoodys.com. You might want to visit that website and locate a store near you. If you are near any of the stores listed below, you'll definitely want to check out the store's liquidation sales. Happy shopping!

Alabama - Birmingham, Brook Highland; Homewood; Hoover; Springdale, and Selma

Arkansas - North Little Rock, Fort Smith and Conway

Florida - Palatka, Tallahassee, Panama City, Gainesville, DeLand

Georgia - Kennesaw, Conyers, Newnan, Austell, Cumming, Gainesville, Hiram, Tucker, South Augusta

Illinois - Carbondale, Danville and Pekin

Indiana - Terre Haute, Columbus, Kokomo, Bloomington

Kansas - Hutchinson, Salina, Pittsburg

Kentucky - South Lexington, Paducah and Lexington

Louisiana - Houma and Alexandria

Missouri - Joplin, Hannibal and Jefferson City

North Carolina - Henderson, Gastonia, Concord, Asheville, Wilkesboro and Salisbury

Ohio - Defiance, Piqua, Bowling Green, Massillon and Marion

Oklahoma - Muskogee

South Carolina - Harbison, Florence, Hilton Head, Aiken and North Myrtle Beach

Tennessee - Chattanooga, Hamilton Place; Chattanooga, Northgate; Chattanooga, East Gate; Kingsport and Clarksville

Texas - Texarkana, Killeen, College Station, Temple and Odessa

Virginia - Lynchburg

West Virginia - Morgantown