This popular retail chain closes stores permanently, from September 21
Several locations are closed for good in a field.
It seems that every time you go to the store these days, you could be welcomed with a panel informing you that it isClosing permanently soon. And it's not just in your head: store closures are hardly rare. A record of 12,200stores closed through The United States in 2020 due to the cocovated pandemic and the new thrust to electronic commerce, according toFortune. Now, a company that has already had its fair share of closed closings even more locations. Read more to discover what the popular retail chain has just confirmed the permanent closures later this month.
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Several companies have already announced closures for September.
September already promises to be a big month for store closings. A total of 89 pharmacies in store at Save Mart and Lucky Supermarkets in California and Nevadaprepare themselves To close, with News 4-Fox 11 reporting that at least two closures in Nevada will perform at the beginning of the month.
In Illinois, a bloomingdale in Skokiewill start to close On September 6, CBS News reported. And the popular sports channel Sports Olympiahas already confirmed That it plans to close all of its remaining retail stores - a total of 35 locations across the country - by the end of September.
But the closures do not stop there: another large retail chain has just confirmed that it closed several locations.
Prepare to lose more of these pharmacies.
CVS closes several locationsin the next weeks, theDayton Daily News Reported on August 31. According to the newspaper, the popular pharmacy chain permanently firm four locations in the Grand Dayton region, Ohio. The closings will affect stores in the following cities: Fairborn, Moraine, Brookville and New Lebanon. They will close offset dates between September 21 and October 5, according to theDayton Daily News.
"All prescriptions are transferred transparently in the locations of the nearby CVS pharmacy, guaranteeing an uninterrupted patient service" "Amy Thibault, said a company spokesperson for the newspaper. "We can accommodate 100% of colleagues affected by these decisions, which have all been offered with comparable roles in our other places nearby."
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CVS has already closed several stores in this state.
Ohio has been touched by CVS closings this year. Back in February, theDayton Daily News reported that the pharmacy chainhad closed a store In Kettering, the largest suburb in the city. And a few months later, another Kettering CVShas been closed, alongside a location in the canton of Harrison. More recently, the companyPermanently A CVS store in Hamilton, according to theDayton Daily News.AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB
"Maintaining access to pharmacy services in our communities is an important factor that we consider when making store decisions," Thibault told the newspaper. "Other factors include the dynamics of the local market, population changes, the density of the stores in a community and ensure that there are other geographic access points to meet the needs of the community, y Including COVID-19 tests and vaccinations. "
These closures are part of a national initiative of the pharmacy chain.
CVS closings, however, have only an impact on Ohio. In recent months, the pharmacy chainhas closed stores Everywhere in the United States, in states like Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Maryland, California, Florida, Texas and Georgia, to name a few. And this is hardly surprising given the plans declared of the company. Back in November 2021, CVSrevealed that it would be Close around 900 stores over the next three years as part of an initiative aimed at implementing a "new retail footage strategy aligned with the evolution of consumer needs".
CVS confirmed that closings would start in spring 2022, with around 300 stores closed each year. In a declaration atDayton Daily News , the company said that the decision to close stores over the next three years "is undergoing an in -depth analytical look at population changes, consumer purchasing habits and future health needs". In simple terms, CVS said that it "had to make sure that it has the right types of stores in the right places for consumers and for the company".