Express To Close 31 Stores This Month, Including 2 In Atlanta

ATLANTA, GA — Fashion retailer Express will close 31 stores by the end of the month, including two stores in the Atlanta metro, the company announced.

The clothing chain plans to close stores in 20 states, a move that follows the closure of nine locations in 2019, according to this week's announcement. An additional 35 locations are expected to close by the end of January 2021, leaving a remaining 25 to shutter next year, Business Insider reports.

In Georgia, Express plans to close two Atlanta metro locations by month's end:

• Atlanta: Cumberland Mall, 2860 Cumberland Mall
• Duluth: Gwinnett Place Mall, 2100 Pleasant Hill Road

Express has nine locations in the Atlanta region:

• Atlantic Station, 230 18th Street Atlanta
• Lenox Square, 3393 Peachtree Road, Atlanta
• Cumberland, 1441 Cumberland Mall, Atlanta
• Perimeter, 4400 Ashford Dunwoody Road, Atlanta
• Arbor Place, 6700 Douglas Blvd., Douglasville
• Gwinnett Mall, 2100 Pleasant Hill Road, Duluth
• Town Center at Cobb, 400 Ernest W. Barrett Pkwy., Kennesaw
• North Point, 1172 N. Point Pkwy., Alpharetta
• Mall of Georgia, 3333 Buford Drive, Buford

The closures are part of a new corporate strategy aimed at reducing costs and providing a boost to the struggling brand, according to a statement on the company's website.

Express is one of several companies to announce closures this month. The well-known stationery store Papyrus is closing all of its stores across the country. Also this month, home decor retailer Pier 1 Imports said it plans to close nearly half of its stores, a move intended to "better align its business with the current operating environment.

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