BED Bath & Beyond is closing 40 stores across the US this year.
Some of the shops, which are located in 19 states and Washington DC, have already shut its doors.
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Others will close in the first six months of 2020.
A spokesperson for the home goods retailer told The Sun the branches will close as they "no longer meet the standards our customers expect from us".
It comes after the company shut 14 locations across the US in the end of last year.
Bed Bath & Beyond didn't share a more specific timeline of when the shops are set to close nor clarified how many workers it'll affect.
Which Bed Bath & Beyond stores are closing?
THE below stores are closing this year, if they haven't already.
California
- Chino Hills
- Encino
- Hemet
- Santa Clarita
- Tracy
Connecticut
District of Columbia
- Washington DC
Florida
Hawaii
Iowa
- Council Bluffs
- West Des Moines
Illinois
- Chicago
- McHenry
- Mount Prospect
Louisiana
- Baton Rouge
Maryland
- Owings Mills
New Jersey
- Parsippany
- Newton
- Sewell
New Mexico
- Rio Rancho
New York
- Bronx
- Cheektowaga
- West Nyack
North Dakota
- Grand Forks
Ohio
- Cincinnati
- Grove City
- Mayfield Heights
- North Olmsted
Pennsylvania
- Muncy
- Johnstown
Rhode Island
- Providence
Texas
- Austin
- Harlingen
- Houston: West Oaks Shopping Center, 2306 S Highway 6
- Houston: 700 Meyerland Plaza
- Houston: 6675 Highway 6 North
Utah
- Midvale
- West Valley City
Virginia
Wisconsin
The retailer, which is suffering from falling sales, operates stores under several banners including World Market, buybuy BABY, Christmas Tree Shops, and One Kings Lane.
As of November 30, Bed Bath & Beyond had 1,524 stores in total.
In the quarter ending November 30, it reported a net loss of $38.6million, compared with a profit of $24.4million a year earlier.
Net sales during during the key holiday quarter then fell 9 per cent to $2.76billion.
Following its third quarter results earlier this month, chief executive Mark Tritton said: "Our performance in the third quarter was unsatisfactory and underscores the imperative for change.
"We must respond to the challenges we face as a business, including pressured sales and profitability, and reconstruct a modern, durable model for long-term profitable growth."
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They follow Forever 21 announcing last year that it'll close up to 178 of its 500 stores.
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