Lights Out at 800-Plus Stores in Coming Year

At least 800 stores are set to close during the year across the U.S., concludes a recent tally of announcements by major retailers by Business Insider. The reasons for such closures range from retailers navigating bankruptcy proceedings to a search for cost cuts.

Here are the closings:

* Bed Bath & Beyond (Union N.J.): 416 stores

* Tuesday Morning (Dallas): 265 stores

* Gap and Banana Republic (San Francisco): up to 74 stores

* Party City (Woodcliff Lake, N.J.): 22 stores.

* Walmart (Bentonville, Ark.): 7 stores

* Big Lots (Columbus, Ohio): 7 stores

* Macy’s (New York): 4 stores

* The RealReal (San Francisco): 6 stores

* JCPenney (Plano, Texas): 2 stores

* Amazon (Seattle) Unspecified number of stores

Since BI published its list, VMSD has reported and Bath & Body Works (Columbus, Ohio) plans to close about 50 mall-based stores (and open 90 off-mall locales) this year, and that Dillard’s (Little Rock, Ark. ) plans to shutter three stores in its first quarter of this year (and add one new one).

Click here for the BI list, which also details why each brand is trimming its store fleet.