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In 2024, retail closures reached their highest level since the pandemic, according to Coresight Research, with a total of 7,325 locations shuttering. And things aren't exactly looking up for 2025 ...
Store closures in the U.S. last year hit the highest level since the pandemic — and even more locations are expected to shutter this year, as shoppers’ dollars increasingly go to a few ...
Bebe announced plans to close all stores and focus solely on online sales. At its peak, Bebe operated a total of 312 stores, but by March 2017, this was down to 172. [39] Bed Bath & Beyond announced in April 2019 that it would close 40 stores and also open 15 new stores that year. The company continued to struggle through the retail apocalypse ...
The COVID-19 pandemic has taken a sharp economic toll on the retail industry worldwide as many retailers and shopping centers were forced to shut down for months due to mandated stay-at-home orders. As a result of these closures, online retailers received a major boost in sales as customers looked for alternative ways to shop and the effects of ...
A "handful" of JCPenney locations are soon to be closing, a company spokesperson said, adding to the retailer's long list of shuttered stores since it filed for bankruptcy in 2020. The ...
The retail apocalypse refers to the closing of numerous brick-and-mortar retail stores in the United States, especially those of large chains, beginning around 2010 [2] [3] and accelerating due to the mandatory closures during the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2017 alone, more than 12,000 physical stores closed.
Kohl's Is Downsizing. Kohl's is set to close 27 underperforming stores across 15 states by April 2025, the chain announced in a recent press release. The closures represent about 3% of the ...
This continues the electronics retailer’s practice of closing traditional stores during a “rigorous review of stores as their leases come up for renewal.” Two dozen Best Buy stores closed in ...