A day after reports surfaced that Sears was closing two stores, the company told NJ Advance Media on Thursday that an additional two locations also will shutter by mid-April.

A Sears spokesman said the department stores in Livingston and New Brunswick will close around the same time as the Woodbridge and Moorestown mall locations.

The Sears in Livingston is inside the Livingston Mall at 112 Eisenhower Pky., and the New Brunswick location is 51 US Route 1.

Liquidation sales will begin this week in all four stores.

Sears’ footprint has long been diminishing in New Jersey and elsewhere. The Freehold Raceway Mall location will close this month, and there will soon be just three Sears department stores left in the Garden State. Those stores are in Hackensack, Jersey City and Rockaway.

Transformco, which acquired Sears Holdings Corporation, announced last year 51 Sears stores would close. Sears, which also operates Kmart, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in October 2018. Kmart’s footprint also has dwindled rapidly in New Jersey.

A number of chain stores have been hit by the retail apocalypse in recent years and that has continued into 2020. Macy’s recently announced 125 stores will close over the next three years, Express will close about 100 locations and Pier 1 Imports is shuttering 450.

Nicolette Accardi can be reached at naccardi@njadvancemedia.com. Follow her on Twitter: @N_Accardi. Find NJ.com on Facebook. Have a tip? Tell us. nj.com/tips

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