‘A Retail Apocalypse’ Retail ‘Big-Box’ and Chain Retailers Undergo Wave of Closures
Customers who ventured into Rite Aid at Gittings Marketplace during its final week in mid-June found a shuttered pharmacy, empty refrigerator cases and an assortment of greeting cards and beauty products at 90% off, but little else.Across from the North Baltimore drugstore on York Road, a Party City sign tops a building that the balloon and party supply retailer left in February. Three miles away at Towson Place, vast pockets remain at former Bed Bath & Beyond and Walmart stores.It’s a pattern repeated across the Baltimore region and elsewhere as...
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