company was also a significant owner of property in the United States, and it owned 44.3 million square feet of the 49 million square feet it used for its business and retail operations. In March 2020, Dillard's attracted note in the press for keeping many of its 290 stores in the United States open during the coronavirus pandemic, with Dillard's stating "we are open with limited hours where not ordered to close by state or local government mandate." In April 2020, Dillard's closed around 200 out of its 285 stores in response to Covid-19. Its online store remained open. In May 2020, Dillard's had reopened all but two of its locations in Tampa Bay, according to its website at the time. That week, management and Dillard's CEO, William Dillard II, informed its annual meeting that the company's first quarter had been the worst in its history, due to the coronavirus, saying Dillard's business had become "total chaos" by the end of April as a result. At the time, Dillard's had 257 department stores, and 28 clearance stores, and had reopened stores in 21 states or more. In August 2021, the company released its second quarter report. It did not release "store comps relative to pandemic-dominated 2020; comparable store retail sales compared to 2019 rose 14%." After an $8.6 million net loss in August 2020, the company noted that it instead had made a net income in August 2021 of $185.7 million. Store formats The chain continues to expand and has recently added stores in non-traditional mall shopping centers. Currently, the largest Dillard's store at is located at Scottsdale Fashion Square, an enclosed super-regional mall in Scottsdale, Arizona. Within the Dallas/Fort Worth area, the chain has two flagship stores with a store at the Northpark Center in Dallas and a store at the North East Mall in Hurst. Its flagship store in the East Coast region, at , is located in the MacArthur Center in downtown Norfolk, Virginia. It announced construction of a new "flagship" store in Lubbock, TX on Nov 15th, 2022. This store will be 220,000 sq ft. The home store for the chain is in Little Rock; the divided store is located in the trend-conscious Park Plaza Mall, one of the city's oldest continuously operating shopping centers in its midtown section. Clearance Centers As of April 2020, Dillard's operated 28 clearance stores in the United States. Dillard's Clearance