Money More store closings coming: An estimated 12,000 shops could close by the end of 2019 July 3, 2019October 2, 2019 Kelly Tyko, USA TODAY Comments Off on More store closings coming: An estimated 12,000 shops could close by the end of 2019 Nine months into the year, more than 8,200 stores already are slated to close, which is 40% higher than all of 2018 store closures.