Weekly Store Openings and Closures Tracker 2018, Week 36: Lululemon Plans to Open 40 Stores

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 (YTD) 2018, the number of US store closure announcements stands at 4,579 and the number of store openings is 2,435.
• Lululemon has announced that it plans to open 40 new stores by the end of this year.
• YTD in the UK, there have been 1,226 store closure announcements and 711 store opening announcements.
• Coca-Cola has agreed to buy Costa Coffee for $5.1 billion.