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While its sister brands T.J. Maxx and Marshalls have each closed a handful of stores in 2026, HomeGoods has charted a slightly different path. The retail chain operates more than 900 locations across ...

Winn-Dixie has continued closing locations across the South, shuttering dozens of stores. The transition began with an announcement last October, when the brand’s parent company, Southeastern Grocers, ...

Some fast-food and fast-casual chains are shrinking their footprints in 2026, as restaurants navigate a difficult environment marked by rising costs, cautious consumers, and intensifying competition ...

The discount chain operates more than 1,300 stores nationwide and is the flagship brand in TJX’s global footprint of nearly 5,000 locations, which also includes Marshalls, HomeGoods, HomeSense, and ...

Some Maxxinistas may have to become Marshallistas. Retailers are having trouble keeping doors open and lights on as high costs and low foot traffic remain a problem across the board. Recently, major ...

Longstanding clothing chain Cato Fashions is closing more locations, bringing the company’s total closures over the last year to 120. The Cato Corporation announced the closures in a news release on ...

IKEA is closing its Bolingbrook store and building a new, smaller version in Naperville’s Block 59 development. “This relocation reflects how our customers are living, working and shopping across the ...

Starbucks closed about 250 locations in the United States and Canada last week. Starbucks Chief Operating Officer Mike Grams wrote in a public letter that the coffee chain closes locations each year, ...

It’s no secret that many fast-food and fast-casual restaurant chains have been having a rough several years. Since the pandemic, restaurants of all stripes have faced a lot of the same issues: lower ...

The district has put forth three scenarios: one proposing 14 school closures, another proposing 11, and a scenario to do nothing. Portland Public Schools announced two scenarios Monday evening that ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — The Orange County School Board faces some painful choices. They are considering closing seven schools because of declining enrollment and shrinking budgets. The district says two ...