What's Inside

From this week, we are splitting our longstanding Weekly US and UK Store Openings and Closures Tracker series into separate reports for the US and the UK, making it easier for our clients to quickly find the data that is most relevant to them. Our Weekly US Store Openings and Closures Tracker series reports on store closures, openings and bankruptcies in the US.

This week, we highlight two major announcements: Forever 21’s decision to close all of its stores in the US and Dollar General’s plan to expand by 500+ stores. Non-store-closure news includes the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Vince Holding stepping down.

This report presents data up to week 12 of 2025, ended March 21, 2025.

Data in this research report include:

• Week-by-week comparisons of announced store closures and openings in the US—2025 vs. 2024
• Major US store closures and openings—2025 and 2024
• Major US retail bankruptcies—2025 and 2024

Companies mentioned in this report include: The Buckle, Casey’s, Dollar General, Forever 21, Tilly’s, Victoria’s Secret

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.