Weekly Store Openings and Closures Tracker 2018, Week 31: Heritage Home Files for Bankruptcy

Executive Summary

Coresight Research tracks store closures, openings and bankruptcies for a select group of retailers in the US and the UK.  Our Weekly Store Tracker focuses on department stores and specialty retail stores, including, but not limited to, those selling softlines, hardlines, consumer electronics, groceries and furniture.

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Highlights from this week’s Store Tracker:

• Year-to-date 2018, the number of US store closure announcements stands at 4,204 and the number of store openings is 2,239.
• Heritage Home has filed for bankruptcy.
• United Natural Foods will acquire SuperValu.
• Year to date in the UK, there have been 1,215 store closure announcements and 635 store opening announcements.
• Wyevale has sold eight garden centers to Blue Diamond.