US Store Tracker Extra, May 2024: rue21 To Close 2.7 Million Square Feet of Retail Space

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As part of rue21’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy process, its planned store closures will account for 2.7 million square feet of total retail space. Read about this development and discover other US retailers’ store closure and opening announcements from May 2024, as well as their square-footage impact, in this report.

This report is part of our monthly US Store Tracker Extra series; we offer insights into announced developments as of May 31, 2024.

Data in this report are:

• Year-to-date (YTD) announced US store closures and openings estimates for 2024, by retailer—total number of store closures/openings and their square-footage impact
• US announced store closures and openings: week-by-week data for 2024 versus the comparable period in 2023

Companies mentioned in this report include: CVS Health, The Children’s Place, Murphy USA, rue21, Ted Baker

Other relevant research:

• View our full collection of Weekly US and UK Store Openings and Closures Tracker and monthly US Store Tracker Extra
• The Coresight Research US and UK Store Tracker Databank is the definitive resource for information on store openings and closures by sector in the US and UK retail industries. For the US, the Databank includes store openings and closures from 2012 to 2024 YTD; for the UK, data span 2017 to 2024 YTD.