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Express Closing 100 Stores

The fashion apparel store becomes the latest mall retailer to dramatically downsize.

PITTSBURGH, PA - Fashion retailer Express announced Wednesday it plans to shutter 91 stores over the next two years, becoming the latest bricks-and-mortar business to attempt to stop financial bleeding caused largely by online sales.

Express said it will close 91 stores in addition to nine recently shuttered - 31 by the end of the month, another 35 by the end of January 2021 and the rest by 2022. According to a public filing in November, Express had 411 mall-based stores and 215 outlet stores.

Express did not identify which stores it plans to close. In southwestern Pennsylvania, the retailer can be found in the following locations:

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  • Ross Park Mall.
  • South Hills Village.
  • The Mall at Robinson.
  • The Waterfront.
  • Monroeville Mall.
  • Westmoreland Mall.
  • Tanger Outlets, Washington.


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