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Content: Why do physical stores keep closing? It’s partly due to the ongoing e-commerce boom, (the hardest-hit stores were declining in sales before COVID-19) but mostly due to the pandemic that has kept shoppers, like you and me, at home. While retail brick-and-mortar stores close up shop at a record pace, thousands of hard-working employees lose their jobs and loyal shoppers, like us, either find an alternative or turn to online shopping. It’s heartbreaking. Here’s a list of the most recent store closings and bankruptcies, which I’ll update with changes as they occur: 1. Pier 1 Imports closed all 950 stores. On May 19, Pier 1 Importsannounced that instead of closing half their stores forever, they were calling it quits and that all 950 stores would be closing. RELATED: Pier 1 Has Started Liquidating Their 950 Stores
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