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The fashion industry tightens its belt
Macy’s is the latest major fashion company to announce a significant downsizing. Last week, the company laid out a plan to close 150 stores over the next few years, starting with 50 stores closing this year. According to Macy’s, these stores were underperforming, accounting for 25% of the company’s retail footprint but only 10% of sales.
The freed-up resources will instead go to revamping the remaining stores, hiring more talent and renovating their interiors to be more luxurious. In the same time period, it will open 15 Bloomingdale’s stores and 30 Bluemercury stores — both retailers offer more expensive goods than Macy’s mainline stores.
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