Check this out - it's a story dealing with a Total Number of Store Closures in 2017:
Is retail in trouble? The answer certainly varies depending on who you ask and how they define retail. According to a Bloomberg report, there could be more than 8,000 store closures in 2017, which would surpass 2008's peak of around 6,200.
- Source: https://www.benzinga.com/news/17/04/9276231/total-number-of-store-closures-in-2017-to-break-2008s-record-of-6-200-does-this-e