Shop Closure Historian Gifts

'I remember when this was all shops!...'

"So many take-overs and mergers, nobody remembers who he was."

Golden parachutes inc. - 'Our pleas for bail-out funds were ignored.'

Kentucky Fried Horse

Ye Old Cafe: No Coffee Today - Sore Arm!

"We're still the same, great company we've always been, only we've ceased to exist."

'We're e-bankrupt.'

Small Businesses Go Under.

Sales

Line on graph goes right through floor.

"Mr. Joyner, while you were out, your carefully constructed financial empire collapsed like a house of cards."

"Ooh look, the high street's evolved to survive!"

"Can I dress business casual even though I lost our business?"

Bookshop: Closed, Coming Soon Here Internet Cafe.

Mom & Pop General Store - Going Out of Business Slowly But Surely

"According to the most recent report, we have no recourse but to abandon ship."

Grand Opening and Closing Down Sale simultaneously occurring.

'I warned you we'd get thrown out, changing the name from the Garden of Eden.'

'Business is very good. We'll soon be moving to smaller premises.'

Theater Owner Who Refused To Convert To Digital Projection.

Bootmaker upset over the death of a long term customer

Shop signs: then vs. now

'I've put the business up for sale.'

Rats Flea a Sinking Ship

'Your call would have been important to us before we went out of business.'

Factory closed. The 1st CEO got most of it, as a bonus, when we fired him. Ditto, the 2nd CEO, and the last CEO got what was left.

'Does that mean things are getting better or worse?'

Burn It Down

'When times are tough, it's vital to rally around the old firm, remember our history, all things that make us who we are.'

"I lost everything-the business, the house, the landscape."

In case of insolvency break glass.

Smoking Cessation Clinic - Formerly The Pub.

Bitch-Slapped-By-The-Invisible-Hand-Of-The-Marketplace Sale

Sale! Going Out of Monkey Business

'Tell the staff the company has hit a symbolic iceberg and is slowly sinking.'