Walmart will close a Bay Area store later this month, as well as a Neighborhood Market in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, bringing the number of confirmed closures so far this year to eight.
Layoff notices filed with the state of Wisconsin and California follow the closures earlier this year of four stores in California, one in Maryland, and one in Ohio. In those cases, the company said the stores were not meeting financial performance expectations.
“We are grateful to the customers who have given us the privilege of serving them at our San Diego and El Cajon stores,” Walmart spokesperson Brian Little said in a statement to Business Insider in January. “We look forward to continuing to serve them at any of our many locations across the area, on Walmart.com, and through delivery to their home or business.”
In each case, the company said workers are eligible for transfer to another location, and Walmart will continue to operate over a dozen stores and warehouse clubs in each local market.
Walmart had over 4,600 retail locations in the US as of February, a figure that includes 3,560 supercenters, 360 discount stores, and 675 neighborhood markets. It also owns nearly 600 Sam’s Club warehouses.
The company said in January it will build or up-size over 150 stores in the next five years, starting with 14 new locations this year. Four of the new locations will be in Texas, with three in the Dallas area and one near Houston, the Dallas Morning News reported.
In addition, some 650 locations will be renovated to the brand’s “Store of the Future” concept.
Last year, Business Insider tracked the closures of at least 22 Walmart locations across the US, including four in Chicago. Financial performance was cited in those cases as well.
Here are the latest Walmart closings:
California:
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2121 Imperial Ave. in San Diego
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605 Fletcher Parkway in El Cajon
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2753 E. Eastland Center Dr. in West Covina
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4080 Douglas Blvd in Granite Bay (Neighborhood Market)
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40580 Albrae St. in Fremont
Maryland:
Ohio:
Wisconsin
Here are the confirmed openings:
Georgia:
Florida:
Texas
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Preston Road in Celina (Dallas area)
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16600 FM 423 in Frisco (Dallas area)
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McKinney Street in Melissa (Dallas area)
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8927 Fry Road in Cypress (Houston area)
8 additional locations are planned to begin construction this year.
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