WASHINGTON, DC — What some have dubbed the ongoing retail apocalypse has changed the landscape of many northern Virginia malls and DC shopping districts in 2019. Several national chains announced store closures this year, which will mean big changes to the way some consumers shop.
A growing list of brick-and-mortar establishments have seen their revenue and popularity plummet with the emergence of e-commerce companies such as Amazon and Walmart. Retailers affected range from clothing stores like Forever 21, Dress Barn and Lord & Taylor, to home accessory chains Pier 21 and Bed Bath & Beyond.
Here are some of the big chains that announced they were closing stores in Washington, D.C., and northern Virginia this year.
A.C. Moore
In November, craft supply store A.C. Moore announced it was closing all of its stores. The arts and crafts supplier operates at least 15 stores in Virginia. Under the transition, as many as 40 A.C. Moore stores will become Michaels. The locations to become Michaels have not yet been named. Read more.
Forever 21
In late September, clothing retailer Forever 21 announced that it was filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and would be closing two stores in the District of Columbia and four in Virginia. The apparel retailer is expected to close these sites: Shops at Georgetown Park: 3222 M Street, NW, Washington, DC; Woodies Building: 1025 F Street NW, Suite #200, Washington, DC; Regency Square: 1404 N. Parham Rd. #1124A, Richmond; Manassas: 8300 Suoleu Road Space #031, Manassas; Macarthur: 300 Monticello Ave., Suite #255, Norfolk; and Fair Oaks: 11750 Fair Oaks #H227, Fairfax. Read more.
Avenue
The women's clothing store is closing more than 200 locations across the country, including three stores in Virginia. Read more.
Walgreens
The national pharmacy chain will close 200 stores in 2019, the company said in an August SEC filing. A list of locations to close was not released by the company.
Sears/Kmart
The iconic Sears brand, along with Kmart, are both owned by the same company and it continued to close stores in 2019, marking four in Virginia for closure by February 2020. These sites are on a closing list posted last month by USAToday: Richmond Sears: 11500 Midlothian Turnpike; Manassas Sears: 8200 Sudley Road; Fredericksburg Sears: 100 Spotsylvania Mall; and Winchester Sears: 1850 Apple Blossom Drive.
No Kmart locations were on the closing list in DC or Virginia, the newspaper reports. Read more.
Lord & Taylor
Lord & Taylor said in November it is closing two stores in Northern Virginia, its Tysons Corner Center store and its Dulles Town Center store in Sterling, the Washington Business Journal reported. The Lord & Taylor store at Tysons will lay off 117 employees, effective Jan. 31. The store at Dulles Town Center will lay off 79 employees when it closes Christmas Eve, according to the report.
Dressbarn
This year, Dressbarn announced it was going out of business. That means it shuttered all 20 stores across Virginia — including shops in Alexandria, Falls Church, Fredericksburg, Manassas and Fairfax — as part of a shutdown of 650 stores nationwide. Read more.
Bed Bath & Beyond
In October, home retailer Bed Bath & Beyond announced that it would be closing 60 stores. In an earnings call in early October, Bed, Bath & Beyond reported more than 400 leases would be expiring in the next couple of years, which would be a factor in additional closures. There are 28 locations of the chain in Virginia and Washington, D.C. Read more.
Gymboree
Children's clothing retailer Gymboree filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in January. Under the bankruptcy plan, the retail chain closed more than 800 Gymboree and Crazy 8 stores. The company tried to save its 140 upscale Janie and Jack stores. There are three Virginia Janie and Jack locations at: Tyson's Corner Center, 1961 Chain Bridge Road, McLean; Fair Oaks Mall, 11808U Fair Oaks Mall, Fairfax; and Potomac Mills, 2700 Potomac Mills Circle, Unit #944, Woodbridge. Read more.
Payless ShoeSource
Payless ShoeSource closed all 2,300 of its U.S. stores as part of a bankruptcy filing. Fifteen DC and northern Virginia locations included Springfield Town Center Mall, Potomac Mills and Hechinger Mall. Read more.
Family Dollar
Nearly 400 Family Dollar stores closed nationwide this year, while another 200 were converted to Dollar Tree, which purchased the rival chain in 2015. There are Family Dollar stores in Dale City, Fredericksburg, Woodbridge, and Manassas, along with Virginia Beach, Norfolk, Richmond and Charlottesville. There are three locations in Washington, D.C., as well. Family Dollar had more than 150 stores in Virginia. Other Family Dollars will keep their name will be stocked with $1 Dollar Tree merchandise and alcohol sections. Read more.
Charlotte Russe
A month after it filed for bankruptcy, the women's clothing company Charlotte Russe decided to shutter all of its stores. Stores marked for closing including the store at Dulles Town Center. Read more.
Pier 1
The home wares and furnishings chain has plans to close 57 stores by the end of 2019, USA Today reported. A list of locations was not released by the company. Read more.
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