Reasons to Read

Our Weekly US and UK Store Openings and Closures Tracker series reports on store closures, openings and bankruptcies. This week, we highlight Dollar Tree’s major expansion, and detail other recent store announcements from major retailers. Non-store-closure news includes management changes at Five Below and J.Crew, among others.

This report presents data up to week 50 of 2024, ended December 13, 2024.

Data in this research report include:

• Week-by-week comparisons of announced store closures and openings in the US and the UK—2024 vs. 2023
• Major US and UK store closures and openings, 2024
• Major US and UK retail bankruptcies—2024 and 2023

Companies mentioned in this research report include: Dollar General, Dollar Tree, Five Below, Signet Jewelers, Ulta Beauty

Other relevant research:

• The full collection of Store Tracker reports
• The 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.
• The Retail Bankruptcies Databank details bankruptcies of US and UK retail companies, restaurants and gyms since March 2020.