US Store Tracker Extra, July 2023: Closures by Christmas Tree Shops Push Total Closed Space to 68 Million Square Feet

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The US will see more than 60 million square feet of retail space close in 2023, with Walgreens contributing over 2 million square feet to that figure.

The US Store Tracker Extra monthly series offers insight into retailers’ store closure and opening announcements, including their square-footage impact. In this report, we detail announced closures and openings as of July 28, 2023.

Data in this report are:

• Year-to-date announced US store closures and openings estimates for 2023, by retailer
• Year-to-date announced 2023 US store closures and openings estimates in gross square feet, by retailer
• US announced store closures and openings: week-by-week data for year-to-date 2023 versus the comparable period in 2022

Companies mentioned in this report include: 7-Eleven, Albertsons, Alimentation Couche-Tard, Christmas Tree Shops, Lidl, Save A Lot, Walmart

Other relevant research:

• View our full collection of Weekly US and UK Store Openings and Closures Tracker and monthly US Store Tracker Extra reports.
• The Coresight Research US Store Tracker Databank offers our premium subscribers access to openings and closures data from 2012 to 2022 year to date, filterable by sector and year.