<Li> Florsheim--Mall shoe store still sells online </Li> <Li> Gadzooks--Founded in 1983 as a T - shirt store, Gadzooks grew to a 250 - store mall fashion retailer before making an ill - advised decision to discontinue menswear . The company was purchased by competitor Forever 21 out of bankruptcy in 2005, with its stores either closed or converted to F21 formats . </Li> <Li> Gottschalks--Founded in 1904, this middle - market regional department store was once the largest independently owned, publicly traded department store in the United States . Bankruptcy claimed the brand in 2009 . </Li> <Li> Hahn's Shoes (1876 - 1995) in the Washington, D.C. region . </Li>

Old sporting good stores that went out of business