A longtime mall staple is adding its name to the surge of businesses filing for bankruptcy.
Fashion retailer Express Inc. announced this week the company is closing nearly 100 stores across the country as part of its Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection plans.
The Columbus, Ohio-based retailer, which is also the parent company of Bonobos and UpWest, said in a release it plans to close about 95 Express stores and all of its UpWest stores. It will also close five stores across Florida.
The store closings will lead to a “substantial number” of employees being terminated. They will be paid as expeditiously as possible under normal payment procedures and Express will provide “customary bonuses” to the employees of the closing stores who work during the store-closing process, according to MarketWatch.
What Florida Express stores are closing?
USA TODAY gathered a list of locations that will be shuttered, including five in Florida:
- Aventura: Aventura Mall, 19501 Biscayne Blvd.
- Clearwater: Countryside Mall, 27001 U.S. Highway 19 N.
- Miami: Bayside, 401 Biscayne Blvd.
- Miami Beach: Lincoln Road, 904 Lincoln Rd.
- Tampa: Citrus Park Town Center, 8021 Citrus Park