We’re only in the middle of February 2025 yet the business closings have continued, with another popular retailer saying they’re planning on closing a dozen locations here in Minnesota later this year.
Yes, the retail landscape here in the Land of 10,000 Lakes is shifting again as another well-known business plans to close multiple locations across the state this year. It’s a move that has been much more familiar in Minnesota in the five years since the pandemic completely changed our lives, and how we buy goods and services.
Retail is big business here in the Bold North, with retailers now being the nation’s largest private-sector employer, helping to drive the U.S. economy and create jobs in communities around the country and here at home. According to the National Retail Federation (NRF), 25 percent of all jobs here in the North Star State are supported by the retail industry…