environment", he said. In early January 2001, the chain started their liquidation sales, and the final store closed on March 15, 2001. At the time of its liquidation, the company had 10,000 employees and 105 stores in seven states. Many of its former store locations were purchased by Walmart, although other locations became The Home Depot, Forman Mills, Shaw's Star Market, Target, Kohl's, Burlington Coat Factory, Ocean State Job Lot, Bob's Stores, Marshalls, Dollar Tree, ShopRite, National Wholesale Liquidators, or Stop & Shop. Stop & Shop owned much of its real estate even after it spun off the company. Stop & Shop was acquired by Ahold in 1996, and some former Bradlees were sold to other Ahold divisions, such as Giant. When the Nasdaq stock market suspended trading in Bradlees stock, it closed at just under 22 cents. References External links Bradlees Official Website Bradlees "Mrs. B" 1996 commercial with Cynthia Harris Bradlees "Going Out of Business" commercial Companies based in Braintree, Massachusetts Economy of the Northeastern United States Defunct discount stores of the United States Defunct department stores based in Massachusetts 1958 establishments in Connecticut Retail companies established in 1959 Companies that filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 1995 Retail companies disestablished in 2001 2001 disestablishments in Massachusetts Companies that have filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy