Defunct stores of yesterday, yesteryear

By Megan Jicha, Boston.com Correspondent

Tweeter

First opened: 1972

Closed: 2008

The electronics store was founded in Boston. It closed 49 stores and cut about 20 percent of jobs in 2007. The next year, the company was sold to liquidator Schultze Asset Management and closed all of its stores in December 2008.

First opened: 1972 Closed: 2008 The electronics store was founded in Boston. It closed 49 stores and cut about 20 percent of jobs in 2007. The next year, the company was sold to liquidator Schultze Asset Management and closed all of its stores in December 2008.
Joanne Rathe/ Globe staff photo