<P> In 1989 , 1,300 stores were operated by the McCrory company . However , as the decade turned , its fortunes decreased , and by 1992 it filed for bankruptcy . Several rounds of store closures followed , with one of the biggest coming in 1997 when McCrory 's shuttered 300 of its last 460 stores . The company also converted some stores to their Dollar Zone format of dollar store , but these closed in early 2002 . In December 2001 , McCrory Stores announced the remaining McCrory 's , TG&Y , G.C. Murphy and J.J. Newberry stores it was operating would begin liquidating and in February 2002 the company ceased operation . </P>
<P> In 1989 , 1,300 stores were operated by the McCrory company . However , as the decade turned , its fortunes decreased , and by 1992 it filed for bankruptcy . Several rounds of store closures followed , with one of the biggest coming in 1997 when McCrory 's shuttered 300 of its last 460 stores . The company also converted some stores to their Dollar Zone format of dollar store , but these closed in early 2002 . In December 2001 , McCrory Stores announced the remaining McCrory 's , TG&Y , G.C. Murphy and J.J. Newberry stores it was operating would begin liquidating and in February 2002 the company ceased operation . </P>
when did mccrory 's go out of business
when did mccrory 's go out of business
February 2002
February 2002