Sears to close 30 locations in 2017

Department store Sears announced more closures for the upcoming year. On Tuesday, Sears announced that it would shutter 30 Sears and Kmart locations, according to Business Insider.

The closures for Kmart include Riverside, California; Port Charlotte, Florida; Tacoma, Washington; London, Kentucky; Jasper, Alabama; and more. There will be two closures in Alabama, eight closures in Florida, six in Kentucky, three in West Virginia, and solo closures in Maryland, Massachusetts, Washington and New York. The Sears stores that are closing include Kentucky, West Virginia, New York, and Massachusetts.

The reason for these closures is due to a re-evaluation by the company. “We have been strategically and aggressively evaluating our store space and productivity, and have accelerated the closing of unprofitable stores, as we’ve previously announced,” Sears’ director of corporate communications Howard Riefs told WWD. Liquidation sales will begin on January 6 and will be completed by mid-April, according to the publication. After this round of closures, Sears’ total store count of closures will be over 200.