Macy's is closing more 30 stores -- here's the full list

[mahatmakanejeeves]

Source: Business Insider

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Macy's is closing more 30 stores — here's the full list
MARY HANBURY
JAN 8, 2020, 3:18 AM
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Macy’s is closing 30 stores in early 2020.

In 2016, Macy’s said it would close 100 stores after it reported six consecutive years of declining sales. Since then, it has been closing these locations as their leases expire.

A representative for the company did not comment on whether this recent wave of closures was included in the 2016 plan but said that Macy’s “regularly reviews” its store portfolio and would update investors on its investor day on February 5.

The representative told Business Insider that regular, non-seasonal employees who are laid off and unable to find a job at nearby Macy’s stores would be eligible for severance.

See the list of Macy’s upcoming store closings below:

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Read more: https://www.businessinsider.com.au/macys-closing-stores-list-locations-2020-1

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Hat tip, Joe.My.God:

Macy’s To Shutter 30 Locations In First 2020 Quarter

https://www.joemygod.com/2020/01/macys-to-shutter-30-locations-in-first-2020-quarter/

[femmocrat]

1. Sad.

They replaced our beloved Kauffmann’s in western PA. I must admit, I haven’t been in Macy’s in a long time, though.

[PatSeg]

2. Good grief

Who on earth proofread that headline? Does anyone proofread anything anymore?

[Farmer-Rick]

3. Just robots.

[PatSeg]

7. Apparently

A headline is suppose to grab you and give a brief overview of what the article is about, but often they don't make any sense.

Maybe Yoda wrote it.

[AtheistCrusader]

14. Editorial staff went bye back in the 2008 recession.

Gotta trim where you can. Hey, MS Word has proofreading tools, right?

[Siwsan]

4. No Michigan stores on the list. That's a shocker.

The mall where the Macy is located, in Flint, once also housed a Sears and a Burlington. Sears is gone and the Burlington moved down the street to a smaller space. Now, other than Macy, the only big store left is JC Penny and who knows how much longer they will last.

Malls are becoming a vast wasteland of empty store spaces.

[bitterross]

5. I used to worry WalMart would become the overlord. It's Amazon that has.

I worked at Home Depot for a while. In training, they told us the biggest competition was not Lowes, Ace, or local stores. It was Amazon.

I'm guilty of being part of the problem. I'd much rather find it on Amazon and have it delivered than have to go to a mall or a store.

[Indykatie]

10. Unlike Other Retailers Amazon Didn't Kill Macys - Online Shopping Did

I do all my Macy's shopping online. I only buy 2 brands of clothes so I'm comfortable about the sizing. I haven't step foot in a Macy's store in 5 + years. I did send my daughter to a Macys store to return a pair of shoes I bought online. I learned a lesson about buying shoes online. Don't do it.

[aggiesal]

11. And that's the problem ...

One day when you really need it now, there will be no local stores to buy from.
I see it happening all the time.
People order online, but when that shoelace breaks on the all important dancing shoe
for tonight's performance, all the local dancing stores have shut down so there is no
way to replace it immediately.

[The Genealogist]

6. Not seeing my local store on the list

Not surprised. I think the locals here just lk,e department sgore. When wards was going under our store was one of a few that were still turning a profit. I think it may have to do with the large numbef of older people around here, maybe amazon isn't as popular win them. Not sure how much longer our local love for department stores will go tho.

[Danmel]

8. They are closing our local store

Which is free-standing and very convenient. I know some one who is a department manager there. It's sad. I am very petite and find shopping on line a pain because it is hard to find clothes that fit properly.
The world has changed.

[Rebl2]

9. There is a Macy's

closing in KC area along with lay offs at Russell Stover candy, 200 people at a counter top company. They got an email saying they were closing with no explanation-lost their insurance too. They were allowed to pick up personal items at least. We’ve also had a lot of restaurants in the last few months-both chains and local startups-close. One last big one is Hallmark. I believe that was 400 people-not all in KC area. I thought the economy was supposedly doing so great.

[Coventina]

12. I appreciate their bra-fitting services.

As a woman who is hard to fit, this is one thing that online shopping can't replace.

Glad to see my store is not on the list.

[BumRushDaShow]

13. Macy's had taken over quite a few chains of department stores as part of Federated

over the years (I know here in Philly they took over the John Wanamaker's flagship store downtown and some of the Abraham and Strauss stores, which were also part of Federated). So it was just a matter of time when they would start back up with the shedding (aside from the online shopping).

[brooklynite]

15. The Seattle site (the former Bon Marche store) had already been announced.

I believe Amazon is moving in.

[LisaM]

17. Amazon took over the top five floors as offices a couple of years ago - Macy's was down to 3 floors

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You'd think that having five floors of fairly affluent young consumers right above the store would have saved it - that Macy's has/had nice stuff, particularly cosmetics and purses, plus a very good housewares department - but apparently they couldn't be bothered to even do some occasional shopping there as a goodwill gesture to the community. There's been retail on that spot for 80 years or more. The building is a historical landmark.

I shopped at that Macy's and the one they've already knocked down at Northgate Mall all the time because I am a little hard to size, too, and need to try stuff on. I've also become a little acquainted with one of the employees there, and we see each other around downtown a lot and chat. It'll be sad not to see him.

I am so freaking over Amazon.

[3Hotdogs]

16. --- been years since I've been in one.