Joann Fabrics. Bed, Bath & Beyond. Big Lots. When will the big-box closures stop in Denver?
Not at the Bigs, apparently, because Big 5 is leaving us, too.
When the sporting goods retailer announced it was closing five stores in Colorado — locations in Cañon City, Fort Collins, Wheat Ridge and two in Denver, including the one on Southern Colorado Boulevard I often shop at — as part of seventy closures nationwide, it felt like a small piece of me had passed away. Another one of the fluorescently-lit retailers of our childhoods is disappearing, taking its day-of convenience, moderate coupons and twenty-year-old music playlists with it. Sure, a few Big 5 stores in Aurora, Colorado Springs and elsewhere will stay open, but do we really think this seventy-year-old chain will still be around when the 2020s end?…