The ‘retail apocalypse’ continues: 13 major chains that went out of business in 2020 Updated Jan 03, 2021; Posted Jan 03, 2021 Stein Mark on the Carlisle Pike is closing. The company had filed for bankruptcy earlier this month. (Megan Lavey-Heaton/PennLive.com) Facebook Share For brick-and-mortar retailers, 2020 has been more of the same “retail apocalypse,” just at a faster pace. Over the past decade we’ve seen stores were once mainstays in Pennsylvania -- Bon-Ton, HH Gregg and Toys R’ Us -- close. For a number of struggling retailers the pandemic just brought on the inevitable faster. There are 13 retailers on our list below that have closed all of their stores or are in the process of doing so. In addition to these 13, Microsoft closed all of its stores as well.