Last year marked the closings of retails giants like Toys R Us and The Bon-Ton. This year all of the Payless, Gymboree, Crazy 8 and Charlotte Russe stores in North America will close. Hundreds of Sears, Kmart, Family Dollar and Things Remembered stores will also close this year as well. The closings of these national retailers have been felt at several midstate shopping centers. The “retail apocalypse” has been going on for several years and unfortunately it won’t stop in 2019 as thousands of stores are expected to close.

Here’s our list of retailers that plan to close stores in 2019:

Macy's at the Staten Island Mall

Macy’s - 8

Macy’s is closing eight stores this year but none of them are in Pennsylvania, according to Business Insider.

J.C. Penney - 18

Longtime retailer J.C. Penney has announced it is closing 18 of its traditional stores this year. The retailer, which has closed stores in past years, hasn’t publicly announced which stores are closing, although it says that three of the locations were announced previously. And although it hasn’t announced the exact stores that are closing, the company confirmed by e-mail that none of the stores are in Pennsylvania.

Christopher & Banks - 40

The retailer is planning to close 30 to 40 stores over the next two and a half years, according to moneywise.com.

Abercrombie & Fitch - 40

On March 6, the company said it would close up to 40 stores this year, primarily in the U.S. The company has not announced which stores it will close. But, even with the closings, the company might end up opening more stores this year then it will close. It expects to open open 40 new stores this year in addition to the 22 new stores that opened last year. The company also says it expects to invest $120 million in its stores this year.

Lowe’s - 51

Last year, the retailer announced it would close 51 underperforming stores -- 21 in the U.S. and 30 in Canada. The stores were expected to close by February. One of the stores is in Pennsylvania. Lowe’s closed its store at 250 S. Conestoga Drive, Shippensburg Township.

Victoria’s Secret - 53

L Brands Inc., owner of the lingerie chain, announced earlier this month that it plans to close about 53 Victoria’s Secret stores in North America in 2019. It is not clear if any of the stores are in Pennsylvania. The company said at this time it isn’t releasing a list of the stores that are closing.

The Children’s Place - 144 (Not all in 2019)

The Children’s Place said previously that it is closing 144 stores by the end of 2020, according to Business Insider.

A Starbucks coffee cup is seen outside a Starbucks Coffee shop in Washington, DC, April 17, 2018. SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty ImagesAFP/Getty Images

Starbucks - 150

Starbucks said it will close 150 stores this year.

Gap Inc. - 230

Gap Inc. will close roughly 230 of its namesake stores, according to USA Today. Gap announced on Feb. 28 that the company was splitting into two independent companies. Old Navy will form one company and the other Gap brands would be part of the other company. On March 4, Gap announced it had purchased Janie and Jack, a children’s fashion store, from Gymboree Group Inc., saving that brand from closing.

Chico’s - 100

White House Black Market - 90

Soma - 60

The company intends to close at least 250 stores in the U.S. over the next three years. Under this plan, the company expects to close approximately 100 Chico’s, 90 White House Black Market and 60 Soma locations over the next three years, with the majority of the closings occurring in 2020 and 2021. This year, the closures are expected to include approximately 60 to 80 stores.

H&M - 160

The retailer plans to close 160 stores in 2019, although it plans to open more than 300 stores during the same time frame.

Things Remembered

Things Remembered - 274

Enesco LLC has purchased Things Remembered Inc,, the longtime retailer where you can buy gifts and have them engraved. The purchase includes 176 of its stores. Things Remembered filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy last month. The 40-year-old company is a much smaller version of itself. At the time it filed for bankruptcy, it had 450 stores. Among the retailer’s 176 stores will include seven stores in Pennsylvania including stores in the Wyomissing, Langhorne, Whitehall and Springfield areas and three stores in Pittsburgh. However, stores at the Colonial Park Mall in Lower Paxton Township and at the Capital City Mall in Lower Allen Township were not part of the list.

Family Dollar - 390

Discount retailer, Dollar Tree will be closing as many as 390 stores. The announcement was part of the retailer’s earnings reports earlier this month. The stores that are closing are Family Dollar stores. The two companies merged back in 2014. Dollar Tree says the stores are under-performing stores, and the total number of stores closed may change. The company hasn’t announced which stores will close. There are numerous Dollar Tree and Family Dollar stores in the midstate. Dollar Tree lists 23 stores within 25 miles of Harrisburg, on its website. While the Family Dollar website lists 17 stores within 25 miles of Harrisburg.

A customer walks out of a K-Mart store in Las Vegas on Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2004. (AP Photo/Laura Rauch)ASSOCIATED PRESS

Sears and Kmart - Hundreds

Sears Holdings announced last year that it would close 80 stores by March 2019 including the store at the Park City Center in Lancaster (auto center will close in January).

Other closings in Pennsylvania include:

Kmart, 996 West View Park Drive, Pittsburgh

Kmart, 2873 W. 26th St., Erie

Sears, 5256 Route 30, Greensburg (auto center will close in January)

Sears, 5580 Goods Lane, Ste. 1005 Altoona (auto center will close in January)

Sears Holdings announced in November that it would close 40 stores by February 2019.

Among the 40 stores, four are in Pennsylvania. Those stores include:

Kmart - 7101 Roosevelt Blvd., Philadelphia

Kmart - 1901 Lincoln Highway, North Versailles

Sears - 1665 State Hill Road, Wyomissing

Sears - 344 Stroud Mall, Stroudsburg

Sears Holdings announced in December that it would close 80 stores by late March 2019. The auto centers at all three stores closed in January.

Among the stores in Pennsylvania are:

Kmart - 996 West View Park Drive, Pittsburgh

Kmart - 2873 W. 26th St., Erie

Sears - 200 Park City Center, Lancaster

Sears - 5256 Route 30 Greensburg

Sears - 5580 Goods Lane, Suite 1005, Altoona

Gymboree - Hundreds

Crazy 8

Children’s clothing retailer, Gymboree will close all of its Gymboree and Crazy 8 stores after the Gymboree Group Inc. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The company said in January it anticipates the store closures will mostly take place over the next few months including stores at the Capital City Mall in Lower Allen Township, the York Galleria Mall in Springettsbury Township and at the Park City Center in Lancaster as well as Gymboree Outlet stores at The Outlet Shoppes at Gettysburg in Mount Joy Township, Adams County; Tanger Outlets Hershey in Derry Township and at The Shops @ Rockvale in East Lampeter Township, Lancaster County. The Children’s Place Inc. announced on March 4 that it had purchased the worldwide rights to the names “Gymboree” and “Crazy 8” and other intellectual property, including trademarks, domain names, design rights, and customer databases. There are Crazy 8 stores in the Park City Center and at The Shops @ Rockvale.

Charlotte Russe - More than 500

Women’s clothing retailer, Charlotte Russe is closing all of its stores. Last month, the retailer said it would close the 94 stores and find a buyer that would keep the stores open. But, those plans fell apart when liquidator SB360 Capital Partners won an auction in bankruptcy court for Charlotte Russe’s $160 million worth of inventory, and other assets, according to a CNN report. Going out of business sales began on March 7.

This Tuesday, July 5, 2016, photo shows a Walgreens sign outside a location in North Andover, Mass. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)AP

Walgreens/Rite Aid - 600 stores (Not all this year)

Walgreens plans to close about 600 drugstores over an 18 month period which began in the spring of 2018, according to USA Today. The company told the paper that most of the closings will be Rite Aid stores, and the vast majority will be within a mile of another store in the Walgreens network.

Ascena Retail Group (Ann Taylor, Loft and Dress Barn) - 667 (Not all in 2019)

Ascena Retail Group said previously that it would close up to 667 stores through 2019, according to Business Insider. Ascena will close stores from the following three brands: Ann Taylor, Loft and Dress Barn.

Payless ShoeSource was one of Destiny USA's original businesses that opened when Carousel Mall opened in October 1990.SYR

Payless ShoeSource - 2,500

Payless which has been in business for more than 60 years recently filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and is closing approximately 2,500 store locations in North America. The company has shut down its e-commerce operations as well. Payless has numerous stores in the midstate including locations at the Colonial Park Mall in Lower Paxton Township, the Harrisburg Mall in Swatara Township, the Capital City Mall in Lower Allen Township, a store on Simpson Ferry Road in Lower Paxton Township and a store at High Pointe Commons in Swatara Township. The approximately 2,500 stores are currently holding liquidation sales and will close between the end of March and the end of May.

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