Store Closures

Forever 21, GameStop, Gap, Toys R Us, Dressbarn, A&F, Walgreens, J.C. Penney, Office Depot and even Walmart are closing stores in 2019.

(source: pymnts.com)

Manhattan Retail Battle Heats Up As Saks Closes Store Downtown
Manhattan Retail Battle Heats Up As Saks Closes Store Downtown
January 04, 2019  |  Retail

Luxury retail company Saks Fifth Avenue is closing a two-year-old location at Manhattan’s Brookfield Place, a move that spotlights the intensifying competition from other high-end...

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US Retail Vacancies Hold Steady At 10.2 Percent
US Retail Vacancies Hold Steady At 10.2 Percent
January 04, 2019  |  Retail

In the fourth quarter, the regional and super regional mall vacancy rate fell slightly as overall retail vacancies in the U.S. stayed constant. The vacancy...

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Gap Makes Plans To Move Out Of Fifth Avenue Store
Gap Makes Plans To Move Out Of Fifth Avenue Store
December 27, 2018  |  Retail

The three-level Gap store on Fifth Avenue in New York City is shutting down next month — and more retail locations might soon follow suit....

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Gymboree Mulls Closing Half Its Retail Stores
Gymboree Mulls Closing Half Its Retail Stores
November 28, 2018  |  Retail

Gymboree, the U.S. retail outfit that sells children’s clothing, is mulling whether to shutter more than half of its 900-store base, Reuters reported Tuesday (Nov....

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Marketplace Merchants Sing The Blues
Marketplace Merchants Sing The Blues
August 24, 2018  |  Sizzle/Fizzle

There’s a lot of sizzle in marketplaces. In fact, they have made tiny businesses into big ones, as even the tiniest one-man operation can gain the...

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Entertainment Destinations Could Save Traditional Malls
Entertainment Destinations Could Save Traditional Malls
August 23, 2018  |  Retail

With brick-and-mortar retailers closing hundreds of stores, the future of the mall has looked bleak. But some say tales of its impending death have been...

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Sears Holdings Plans To Close 46 Additional Stores
Sears Holdings Plans To Close 46 Additional Stores
August 23, 2018  |  Retail

Months after Sears Holdings Corp. announced that it would shutter 72 more stores as a result of falling sales, the retailer has announced another round...

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Retail Pulse: Brookstone Files For Bankruptcy; Kroger Launches New Delivery Service
Retail Pulse: Brookstone Files For Bankruptcy; Kroger Launches New Delivery Service
August 03, 2018  |  Retail

Brookstone, a specialty retailer known for massage chairs and gadgets, used to be a must-see mall retailer. But shopping malls aren’t nearly as busy as...

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Hobby Lobby May Take Up Shop In Former Toys R Us Stores
Hobby Lobby May Take Up Shop In Former Toys R Us Stores
July 06, 2018  |  Retail

Following the closure of Toys R Us stores in June, retailers in the hobby and off-price segments may fill some of the larger empty big-box...

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