TALK OF THE TOWN

...of the closure of all of it's 371 outlet stores, ending the chain's 42-year run of selling an assortment of bargain-based merchandise. I bought bird seeds.
99 Cents only stores was founded in 1982 by Dave Gold, who opened its first store in LA at the age of 50. His idea caught on quickly, even in middle-class and upscale neighborhoods, allowing the company to go public on the New York Stock exchange in 1996 It was later sold for roughly $1.6 billion in 2011.