CINCINNATI —Macy's
plans to restructure its merchandising and marketing and lay off of thousands
of workers in response to changes in the way customers shop in stores and
online.
The
retailer said Thursday it will also close the following 14 department stores:
The
company also is announcing today that it will close the following 14 Macy’s
stores (out of a current total of about 790 Macy’s stores) in early spring 2015.
Metro
Center, Phoenix, AZ
(107,000 square feet; opened in 1973; 88 associates);
Cupertino
Square Mall, Cupertino, CA
(177,000 square feet; opened in 1997; 111
associates);
Promenade
(main store), Woodland Hills, CA
(192,000 square feet; opened in 1993; 112
associates);
Promenade
(furniture gallery), Woodland Hills, CA
(81,000 square feet; opened in 1993; 19
associates);
Gulf View
Square, Port Richey, FL
(84,000 square feet; opened in 1981; 78 associates);
Northland
Center, Southfield, MI
(504,000 square feet; opened in 1954; 170 associates);
Wendover,
Greensboro, NC
(141,000 square feet; opened in 2002; 83 associates);
Ledgewood
Mall, Ledgewood, NJ
(73,000 square feet; opened in 1994; 79 associates);
ShoppingTown
Mall, DeWitt, NY
(120,000 square feet; opened in 1993; 94 associates);
Rotterdam
Square, Schenectady, NY
(120,000 square feet; opened in 1995; 98 associates);
Kingsdale
Shopping Center, Columbus, OH
(108,000 square feet; opened in 1970; 115
associates);
Richmond
Town Square, Richmond Heights, OH
(165,000 square feet; opened in 1998; 105
associates);
Upper
Valley Mall, Springfield, OH
(156,000 square feet; opened in 1971; 79
associates);
Southland
Mall, Memphis, TN
(150,000 square feet; opened in 1966; 112 associates).
Final
clearance sales will begin on Monday, Jan. 12 and run for between eight to 12
weeks.
New
Macy’s stores will be opening in:
Plaza Del
Caribe, Ponce, PR
(150,000 square feet; to open in fall 2015; approximately 275
associates);
Ka Makana
Ali’i, Kapolei, HI
(103,000 square feet; to open in fall 2016; approximately
180 associates).
Mall at Miami
Worldcenter, Miami, FL
(195,000 square feet; to open in fall 2017;
approximately 150 associates).
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