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If you always frequent your premises mall , there is a good chance that you will be used to seeing an American Eagle Outfitters store. Often shortened to American Eagle or AE, the brand is well known for its fashionable clothes and denim sound, and is largely aimed at a younger demography. It has also become more popular thanks to its sister brands, offline and aerie, which sell intimates and sportswear, respectively. But like so many other retailers, American Eagle now closes brick and mortar places, with a few closures planned and more on the horizon. Read more to find out which stores close for good.

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According to News of news now , the American location Eagle at the East Hills shopping center in St. Joseph, Missouri , should close this Sunday, January 15.

The point of sale has reported that Americaan Eagle announced the news by e-mail last weekend, adding that buyers will always have access to online items. Steven Craig - owner of Craig Realty, who operates the shopping center - also confirmed the news.

"Yes, they close their store there," said Craig News of news now . "You know, we continue to look at different uses for the shopping center. I think the consumer is very different today that 52 years ago when the shopping center has been built. Shopping is different. Shopping n ' is not an experience of a day. Shopping is more a targeted experience. One or two stores, not purchases in a shopping center. "

Craig then speculated that vacant stores, including the location of American Eagle, could become office spaces or be used for entertainment or sport. "We are looking at a variety of things and we will continue to examine the rest," he added.

The American Eagle Store in Hickory Point Mall Forsyth, Illinois , will also say goodbye on Sunday, the Herald & Review reported. A panel on the store indicates that "this AE store closes soon". But Michah Conaway , the acting store chief confirmed that the current staff had not received additional information.

"We were told that we are closing," said Conaway. We do not know what will be done with unsold goods or if there will be a sale before the weekend, according to the Herald & Review .

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An American eagle in the Chautauqua shopping center in Lakewood, New York , also closes, the Post-journal reported. The shutter plans were confirmed by panels in the store, but no final closure date has been noted.

Speak Post-journal , the shopping center has recently been submitted to a new property when it was purchased by Kohan Retail Investment Group. It is not clear, however, if the sale is connected to the closure of the American Eagle store.

Better life Contacted American Eagle to comment on the closures and confirm a closing date for the Lakewood store, but has not yet heard.

Although these closures may seem surprising, they do not come out of blue. Two years ago, American Eagle CFO Mike Mathias Announced plans climb between 200 and 250 American Eagle Stores, by CNBC. The targeted locations were all in shopping centers, the closures reducing the footprint of the AE store at the time (880 stores) of approximately a quarter. At the same time, the leaders have confirmed plans to extend the Aerie brand via 50 new stores.

In November 2022 call with investors ,, Jen Foyle , president and creative executive director for American Eagle and Aerie, confirmed that these plans were underway and that the company is "firmly firmly" of the unproductive American Eagle stores ". At the time, Autonomous 685 The American Eagle stores have remained, the retailer reporting 88 closings of net stores in all brands since 2019. The leaders indicated that more closures were in progress.

"We focus on the update and modernization of our most productive stores, by moving to certain markets to ensure that we are in the best locations, by taking advantage of data to personalize our assortments and our levels of inventory levels By market, [and] continuing to close our least productive stores where we can consolidate sales in other stores in all stores or go to electronic commerce, " Michael REWELL , said the head of the farm for American Eagle, during the call.