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Kohl’s closes stores in the Bay Area

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Kohl’s closes stores in the Bay Area

(WKBN) — Two major retailers have announced store closures to start the year. Macy’s and Kohl’s stores across the country will soon be closed, according to press releases issued Thursday by the two companies.

Several of these include locations in the Bay Area. Here’s what you need to know.

Macy’s closes more than 60 stores

New York-based Macy’s will close 66 stores in nearly two dozen states as part of its “Bold New Chapter” strategy, describing the soon-to-be-shuttered locations as “no moving forward” locations.

The new strategy, initially announced in February 2024, aims to return the company to sustainable and profitable sales growth. In a press release issued Thursday, Macy’s announced plans to close approximately 150 underproductive stores in total over a three-year period.

Impacted stores, sorted by statecan be found below; Bay Area locations are in bold:

  • Arizona: Superstition Springs Center
  • California: Broadway Plaza (Los Angeles), Hillsdale (Furniture), Sunrise Mall, Westminster Mall, NewPark Shopping Center (Newark)Mission Valley House, Downtown Otay Ranch, Village in Corte Maderaand Downtown Square
  • Colorado: Northfield Stapleton
  • Florida: Boynton Beach Mall, West Shore Plaza, Southgate and these furniture locations: Altamonte, Fort Lauderdale, Pembroke Pines, South Dade
  • Georgia: Gwinnett Furniture, Gwinnett Place, Downtown Johns Creek
  • Idaho: Silver Lake Mall
  • Illinois: White Oaks Mall
  • Louisiana: Acadiana Shopping Center
  • Massachusetts: Independence Mall
  • Maryland: Security Square and Harford Mall
  • Michigan: Grand Traverse, Lakeside Mall, Oakland Mall and Genesee Valley Center
  • Minnesota: Maplewood Mall and Burnsville Center
  • Missouri: Metro North and South County Mall
  • New Jersey: Essex Green Shopping Center
  • New York: Lake Success, Melville Mall, Queens Place, Sheepshead Bay, Mall at Greek Ridge, Sunrise Mall, Brooklyn, Staten Island (furniture) and Fordham Place
  • Ohio: Fairfield Commons and Franklin Park
  • Oregon: streets of Tanasbourne and Salem Center
  • Pennsylvania: Logan Valley Mall, Exton Square Mall, Philadelphia City Center and Wyoming Valley Mall
  • Tennessee: Oak Court
  • Texas: Almeda Mall, Fairview, Willow Bend Shops, Southlake Town Square, West Bend and Highlands of Flower Mound
  • Virginia: Southpark Shopping Center
  • Washington: South Hill Mall, Redmond (furniture) and Kitsap Mall

Although it is among the impending closures, Macy’s notes that the Hillsdale Furniture location in California closed in 2024 and the furniture company moved to a full location nearby. Furniture locations in Mission Valley, California, as well as Fort Lauderdale, Pembroke Pines and South Dade, Florida, have also moved to nearby Macy’s locations. Furniture-focused stores on the streets of Southglenn, Colorado, and Boca Raton, Florida, closed in 2024. Those have moved, too.

The majority of the above stores are expected to close in early 2025, but stores at Essex Green Mall in New Jersey and Queens Place in New York are expected to close mid-year.

“Closing a store is never easy, but as part of our Bold New Chapter strategy, we are closing underproductive Macy’s stores to allow us to focus our resources and prioritize investments in our future stores, where customers respond already positively to better product offerings and improved service,” said Tony Spring, Chairman and CEO of Macy’s, Inc.

Kohl’s to close nearly 30 stores before April

Kohl’s announced “real estate changes” for 2025, including closing its San Bernardino, California, e-commerce distribution center in May and closing 27 underperforming stores by April 2025.

“We always take these decisions very seriously,” Kohl’s CEO Tom Kingsbury said in a statement. press release. “As we continue to build on our long-term growth strategy, it is important that we also take difficult but necessary steps to support the health and future of our business for our customers and our teams. »

Stores in 15 states will close, with the majority of closures concentrated in California. You can see the affected locations, shared in a press releasebelow:

  • Alabama: Spanish Fort
  • Arkansas: Little Rock West
  • California: Balboa (San Diego), Encinitas, Fremont, Mountain view, Napa, PleasantonWest Point (Sacramento), Saint-RaphaëlSan Luis Obispo and Westchester
  • Colorado: Arapahoe Crossing (Aurora)
  • Georgia: Duluth
  • Idaho: Boise
  • Illinois: Plainfield and Spring Hill (West Dundee)
  • Massachusetts: Stoughton
  • New Jersey: East Windsor
  • Ohio: Blue Ash and Forest Park (Cincinnati)
  • Oregon: Gateway to Portland
  • Pennsylvania: Pottstown
  • Texas: North Dallas
  • Utah: Riverton
  • Virginia: Herndon and Williamsburg

According to Kohl’s, affected employees were offered severance or the opportunity to apply for another open position within the company.

These closures follow a tumultuous year for many major retailers and fast food chains. Among those closing sites in 2024 were Advanced Auto Parts And JOANN Inc. as well as the bankruptcy shaken Big prizes And Red lobster. Some of them brands impacted expect store closures in 2025.

State filings indicate the closures will result in the loss of jobs of 60 Kohl’s employees in Alameda County, 58 in Los Angeles County, 62 in Sacramento County and 59 in San County. Diego.