What Stores Are Closing In 2021. Placerai which provides foot traffic insights and location intelligence tracked visits to superstores and grocery stores around the country and found that an unexpected resurgence in COVID-19 cases due to the emergence of the Delta variant and other factors impacted retail spaces in the third quarter of 2021. Macys is closing dozens of department stores this year.
In past years some big-box stores would stay open on the holiday to give shoppers an early start to Black Friday shopping forcing employees to work on Thanksgiving. We expect the list of Thanksgiving holiday closures to continue growing so check back for those announcements store. Placerai which provides foot traffic insights and location intelligence tracked visits to superstores and grocery stores around the country and found that an unexpected resurgence in COVID-19 cases due to the emergence of the Delta variant and other factors impacted retail spaces in the third quarter of 2021.
3 hours agoGiant Eagle is closing all of their grocery stores Market District and GetGo locations for Thanksgiving Day 2021 to give employees time off with their families.
Closing stores in 2021 appears to be retailers response to the positive feedback from consumers and holiday shoppers last year. Today also reported that the grocery chain was adding 100 new stores across the country in 2021In addition curbside pickup was going to expand. Walmart is shutting down 269 stores as the company tries to cut costs and focus on e-commerce. Macys is closing dozens of department stores this year.
