As the vacation season approaches, customers are getting their financial institution accounts and bank cards prepared to start their annual present buying sprees at both brick-and-mortar buying malls or on-line retailers.
Most retailers at native buying facilities and malls have been prepared for the post-Halloween vacation buying season to start since September, whereas customers with a eager eye might spot some Christmas-themed merchandise and decorations at shops in August.
As customers prepare for his or her buying to start, some nationwide retailers are restructuring their retail footprints with plans to open new shops earlier than the vacation rush, however on the identical time planning to remove shops that not make financial sense to proceed working.
Nordstrom closes two shops
Upscale division retailer chain Nordstrom did not wait till after the vacation season to shut a few its shops, because it shut down its Santa Monica, Calif., retailer on the Third Road Promenade buying district on Aug. 26 and its St. Louis retailer within the Galleria Mall on Aug. 24, 2025.
World off-price retail chain operator TJX Corporations’ technique is totally different, as it’s going to use the vacation buying season to maneuver stock earlier than shutting down a few of its shops.
Marshalls is closing two shops in prime areas in Los Angeles and San Jose, Calif.
Marshalls closes Los Angeles, San Jose shops
The low cost malls proprietor has scheduled the closing of two Marshalls shops situated in Los Angeles and San Jose, in response to Employee Adjustment and Retraining Notification notices filed by the corporate.
Marshalls of CA LLC filed a WARN discover on Oct. 17, 2025, to tell 62 workers at its 7013 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles, location that it could completely shut that retailer on Jan. 5, 2026, in response to a California Employment Improvement Division WARN Report Abstract.
Marshalls has prime retailer areas
The Hollywood Boulevard Marshalls is situated on a main piece of property, a block east of Madame Tussauds Hollywood wax museum and the legendary TCL Chinese language Theater that options historic footprints in cement of Hollywood stars.
The low cost division retailer chain additionally filed a WARN discover on the identical day, informing 64 workers at its 5160 Stevens Creek Blvd., San Jose, Marshalls location that it could completely shut the shop as properly on Jan. 5, 2026.
Marshalls retailer closings:
- 7013 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles
- 5160 Stevens Creek Blvd., San Jose
The San Jose Marshalls is situated alongside the town’s major retail boulevard within the Stevens Creek Central buying heart, which is simply down the road from Auto Row and the upscale buying and eating district Santana Row.
The low cost division retailer additionally shouldn’t be removed from San Jose’s historic landmark, Winchester Thriller Home, a Victorian mansion constructed and expanded from 1886 to 1922 by Sarah Winchester, the spouse William Winchester, who was the inheritor to Winchester Repeating Arms Firm founder Oliver Winchester.
“We are always assessing and reviewing our real estate strategies,” a spokesperson instructed the Silicon Valley Enterprise Journal.
Extra closings:
- Main trucking firm closes House Depot distribution facility
- 63-year-old bankrupt retail chain closes all shops completely
- Low cost retail chain closes half its retailer areas
TJX in September additionally filed a WARN discover in Massachusetts asserting that it could shut its TJ Maxx retailer at 360 Newbury St. in Boston on Jan. 5, 2026, and lay off 117 staff.
The corporate mentioned that it could switch a number of impacted staff to shops within the space.
Whereas Marshalls is closing the 2 California shops in January, the division retailer chain is opening 14 new shops in 13 states in October and November, in accordance its Grand Openings webpage.
Marshalls new retailer openings:
- 1100 AZ-260 B, Cottonwood, Ariz.
- 919 N. 14th St., Leesburg, Fla.
- 1401 S. Federal Freeway, Pompano Springs, Fla.
- 3860 West US-10, Ludington, Mich.
- 2150 US Freeway 180E, Silver Metropolis, N.M.
- 128 House Depot Drive, Franklin, Pa.
- 466 Freeway 53 East, Calhoun, Ga.
- 3840 E. Market St., Logansport, Ind.
- 1480 US Freeway 211W, Luray, Va.
- 543 Whittington Drive, Madisonville, Ky.
- 1375 Rocking West Drive, Bishop, Calif.
- 925 West Faculty St., Marshall, Mo.
- 200 New Hartford Highway, Unit 1, Winsted, Conn.
- 2439 Fairview Ave. N., Roseville, Minn.
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