1.   Small local stores are going down the drain.

2.   An attempt at selling lower-priced goods failed and the stores went back to their roots as upscale merchants.

3.   And, if the store goes out of business, there goes any guarantee you have as well as any hope for technical help or customer service.

4.   A few stores go the full-year route.

5.   A traffic study will be completed to assess the impact on Pleasanton before the new store goes up, said Heidi Kline, associate planner for the city.

6.   A third mall store will go vacant like the downtown location.

7.   Businesses failed, stores went bankrupt, office towers stood empty.

8.   But many stores went to great lengths to educate patrons.

9.   Five minutes after someone said another plane went in, the store just went wild.

10.   Farm supply stores went out of business, and the grain elevator was sold.