How are customers going to be able to touch and feel anything before they order it on Amazon? /end sarcasm/ This is turning into a watershed year for retail. Add these to the Macy's / Kmart / Sears casualty list.

"Six The Limited stores in metro Detroit will close by Sunday, part of the company's announcement Friday that it will shutter all its brick-and-mortar stores at the end of this weekend.

The New Albany, Ohio-based company reported the closures on its its website in a message that says, "We're sad to say that all The Limited stores nationwide have officially closed their doors."

It said it will continue to operate online only after Sunday's closures.

The company has six locations in metro Detroit: Somerset Collection and Oakland Mall in Troy; Laurel Place in Livonia; Twelve Oaks Mall in Novi; Great Lakes Crossing in Auburn Hills; and Lakeside Mall in Sterling Heights, according to the company's website. The stores in Oakland Mall, Great Lakes Crossing and Lakeside Mall are Backroom at The Limited shops."
http://www.crainsdetroit.com/article...des-6-sites-in