What's Inside

We review store closures and openings in the US and UK for the full-year 2019. We break down the numbers by sector and analyze the key retailers that significantly contributed to total openings and closures over the course of the year.

We cover:

• Total US store closures in 2019 by sector
  • The lead of the apparel sector and its distribution of store closures
  • Store closures across other sectors
• Total US store openings in 2019 by sector
  • The lead of the discount-store sector and its distribution of openings
  • Store openings across other sectors
• UK store closures in 2019 by sector
• UK store openings in 2019 by sector

There are highlights from Payless ShoeSource and Dressbarn in the US and Boots in the UK.

Click here to view our full collection of Weekly US and UK Store Trackers, which report on store closures, openings and bankruptcies.

Complementing our weekly Tracker report, the new Coresight Research Retail Store Databank offers our premium subscribers access to openings and closures data from 2012 to 2020 year to date, filterable by sector and year. Click here to view.