Find Your Daily Voice
Elizabeth
Your Local News for Elizabeth, New Jersey
Monday, nov 4
56°
Follow
News
Schools
Business
Obituaries
Police & Fire
Weather
Lifestyle
Politics
Sports
Events
Traffic
Real Estate
Tags
Jobs
Shop
Support Us
Elizabeth
Follow
Find Your Daily Voice
News
Schools
Business
Obituaries
Police & Fire
Weather
Lifestyle
Politics
Sports
Events
Traffic
Real Estate
Tags
Jobs
Shop
Support Us
Home
About us
All sites
Advertise with us
Contact us
Terms of use
Privacy policy
Code of ethics
Site Map
© 2024 Cantata Media
56°
Monday, nov 4
Tag:
Store closure
Business
Walgreens To Close 1,200 Stores
Walgreens plans to close about 1,200 stores over three years amid a decline in prescription drug payments and a rise in online competition. About 500 closures will come in 2025, the company announced in a statement released Tuesday morning, Oct. 15. Specific sites for store closures were not announced. Walgreens said its operating loss in fiscal 2024 was $14.1 billion, an increase of 104.5 percent compared to the year-ago period. Retail sales decreased 3.5 percent compared with the year-ago quarter, "reflecting a challenging retail environment and continued channel shift," Walgreens s…
Business
7-Eleven To Close Hundreds Of Stores
Convenience store chain 7-Eleven is closing hundreds of stores in North America. Parent company Seven & I Holdings said that the 444 locations were “underperforming.” They make up about 3 percent of 7-Eleven's total of around 13,000 outlets in the US, Canada, and Mexico. Specific sites of the stores have not yet been released. In announcing the closures, the company said that 7-Eleven stores saw a 7.3 percent decline in traffic in August, saying a "pullback in consumer spending has persisted beyond prior expectations" that has affected store traffic and sales growth "as consu…
Business
New Jersey's Last-Standing Sears Store Says It's Closing
And then there were none. New Jersey's last-standing Sears store, located in Jersey City, appears to be closing. The store at Newport Centre announced a store closing sale on Friday evening, Jan. 5 on Facebook. A voice answering service said the store was closed when Daily Voice called Friday at 7 p.m. Daily Voice has reached out to the Simon Property Group, who owns Newport Centre, and Sears corporate for comment. Sears Holdings filed for bankruptcy in 2018. The Jersey City store became the final Sears in New Jersey in 2020 after the store in Hackensack — a local landmark — shutter…
Business
Stop & Shop To Shutter Another NJ Store
Stop & Shop has announced the closure of its third New Jersey store this year. The Highland Park grocery store is slated to close sometime in 2023. A Stop & Shop spokesperson cited operating performance as the reason for not renewing the lease at 424 Raritan Ave. Stop & Shop closed stores in Paramus and Dayton earlier this year.
News
Target To Replace These Shuttered NJ Kmarts
Another Kmart store has closed its doors leaving just two left in all of New Jersey. The Kearny store on Passaic Avenue closed on May 2, NJ Advance Media reports. The storefront will be replaced by a Target store, according to Target's list of upcoming locations. Target will also be replacing the Kmart that closed in Wall on Route 35, and the one in Somers Point on 250 New Road. Only two Kmart stores remain in New Jersey: One in Avenel and the other in Westwood.
Business
Kings Food Market May Close Several New Jersey Stores
Several New Jersey Kings Food Market stores could be closing in January 2021. WARN notices were issued to 439 employees at seven locations, according to the state's Department of Labor and Workforce website. The following stores appear to be closing come Jan. 12, 2021: Bernardsville Gillette Hoboken's River Street store Maplewood Parsippany (Corporate Headquarters) Ridgewood Warren A Kings spokesperson told TapInto that Acme was in the process of purchasing 19 locations, while the grocer had plans to sell other locations to different entities. "They could close," she said, "but everybody…
Business
'We Are Heartbroken': Beloved Route 46 Butcher Shop Schwind's Shutters
A Route 46 butcher and specialty meat store that opened in 1935 has closed for good. Schwind's Marketplace and Smokehouse BBQ in Rockaway shuttered Sept. 5, the store announced in a Facebook post. Schwind's first opened in 1935 and quickly developed a reputation as an area staple, selling ribs, barbecue and other meats by the pound. Others knew Schwind’s as a generous business that often gave back to the Rockaway community — its furry friends included. The news was received with a heavy heart from many of the store’s longtime customers. “We are all heartbroken but me especially,” one cu…
Business
Lord & Taylor Closing All U.S. Stores Including 9 In NJ
Lord & Taylor is going out of business. The company initially said it would be closing 19 stores after filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy earlier this month. On Thursday, Lord & Taylor said it will instead be closing all of its stores, including the nine in New Jersey, after 194 years in business. "While we are still entertaining various opportunities, we believe it is prudent to simultaneously put the remainder of the stores into liquidation to maximize value of inventory for the estate while pursuing options for the company's brands," said Ed Kremer, Lord & Taylor's chief restr…
Business
Roxbury Barnes & Noble Bookstore Closes After 26 Years, Nixes Ledgewood Commons' Reopening Plan
Barnes & Noble in Roxbury has closed its doors after nearly three decades -- and will not reopen at The Shops at Ledgewood Commons after all. “We have truly enjoyed serving our Ledgewood customers from this location for the past 26 years and appreciate your loyalty and support,” read a sign posted on the store’s door Tuesday. The abrupt closure interrupts the town-approved decision to demolish the current location and relocate the bookstore to a different section of the mall. "Yes, we can confirm that they pulled out," said Dan Ivers, a spokesman for The Shops at Ledgewood Commons' dev…