In this April 21, 2008 file photo, a sign notes the closing of the Ann Taylor and Crate and Barrel stores at a shopping mall in Corte Madera, Calif.. Mall and strip center owners are turning to untried and untraditional tenants to brighten dark storefronts as the sluggish economy sends more retailers to bankruptcy or forces others to scale back their expansion plans. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, file)