More Lord + Taylor stores closing: Liquidation sales are underway as part of company's bankruptcy amid COVID-19
UPDATED: The retailer updated the list of stores closing Aug. 20 to add five additional closures. Liquidation sales have started at 24 stores. The list below has been updated.
Lord & Taylor, of one of the nation's oldest department store chains, has started liquidating 19 of its 38 stores.
The retailer filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Sunday, joining the growing list of retailers who say they were impacted by temporary store closures amid the coronavirus pandemic.
But department stores and apparel retailers with a heavy commitment to shopping malls were grappling with declining foot traffic long before the pandemic.
Since May, Ascena Retail Group, parent company of Justice, Ann Taylor and Lane Bryant, New York & Company's parent company RTW Retailwinds, Lucky Brand, J.C. Penney, Brooks Brothers, Sur La Table, Neiman Marcus, Tuesday Morning, Tailored Brands, GNC and J. Crew have all filed for Chapter 11.
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Lord & Taylor, which was sold to the French rental clothing company Le Tote Inc. last year, said it was looking for a new owner.
Hilco Merchant Resources and Gordon Brothers are managing the store closing sales, which have begun at 19 locations (see list below.). According to a news release, the "closing stores feature an abundant assortment of merchandise at significant price reductions" including brands DKNY, Nike, Ralph Lauren and Tommy Bahama.
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As many as 25,000 stores could shutter this year as businesses continue to feel the impacts of the pandemic, according to a recent report from Coresight Research.
Other retailers, who haven't filed for bankruptcy, also plan to shutter locations, including Victoria's Secret, Nordstrom and Signet Jewelers, parent company of Kay, Zales and Jared.
Because of the pandemic, most retailers are handling liquidation or going-out-of-business sales differently.
Going-out-of-business sales
The following stores have begun liquidation sales.
Connecticut Lord + Taylor closings
Farmington: West Farms Mall, 400 West Farms Mall
Danbury: Danbury Fair Mall, 7 Backus Ave.
Trumbull: Trumbull Store, 5065 Main St.
Florida Lord + Taylor store closing
Boca Raton: Mizner Park, 200 Plaza Real
Illinois Lord + Taylor store closure
Northbrook: Northbrook Store, 1455 Lake Cook Road
Schaumburg: Woodfield Mall, 4 Woodfield Mall (announced Aug. 20)
Maryland Lord + Taylor closing stores
Kensington: White Flint Store, 11311 Rockville Pike
Columbia: Columbia Mall, 10300 Little Patuxent Parkway
Massachusetts Lord + Taylor closures
Boston: Prudential Center, 800 Boylston St.
Natick: Natick Store, 1245 Worcester Road
Michigan closing Lord + Taylor store
Novi: Twelve Oaks Store, 27650 Novi Road
New Hampshire Lord + Taylor closure
Salem: Rockingham Park Mall, 99 Rockingham Park Blvd. (announced Aug. 20)
New Jersey closing Lord + Taylor store
Livingston: Livingston Store, 111 Eisenhower Parkway (announced Aug. 20)
Rockaway: Rockaway Store, 317 Mt Hope Ave. (announced Aug. 20)
Wayne: Willowbrook Mall, 4 Willowbrook Blvd.
New York Lord + Taylor store closings
Albany: Crossgates, 1 Crossgates Mall Road
Bay Shore: Bay Shore Mall, 1701 Sunrise Highway
Buffalo: Walden Galleria Store, 8 Walden Galleria
Huntington Station: Walt Whitman Store, 158 Walt Whitman Road (announced Aug. 20)
Rochester (Victor): Eastview Mall, 7979 Victor-Pittsford Road
Syracuse: Destiny USA, 9629 Destiny USA Drive
Yonkers: Ridge Hill Village, 157 Market St.
Pennsylvania Lord + Taylor store closure
Bala Cynwyd: Bala-Cynwyd Store, 121 E City Ave.
Virginia Lord + Taylor store closure
Fairfax: Fair Oaks Mall, 117778 Fair Oaks Mall
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