Major Clothing Retailer Closing All Remaining AZ Locations

One more retailer has announced bankruptcy, and they're planning to close all remaining Arizona locations.

It's hard to pin the bankruptcy and closure of this once mighty chain store on a single cause.

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Was it the steady shift away from brick-and-mortar stores in favor of online retailers? Could the downsizing and closure of malls across the United States be a factor? Or was it the pandemic that provided the final nail in the coffin for this clothing chain?

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Going Out of Business in Arizona

According to USAToday, clothing retailer rue21 filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The chain plans to close all of its over 500 stores nationwide. At last count, there were still seven rue21 stores located in Arizona, nearly all of them in Maricopa County.

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The rue21 Stores Closing in Arizona

The stores will remain open during the going out of business sales. These are the seven rue21 locations in Arizona:

6800 North 95th Avenue, Glendale
1400 North Litchfield Road, Goodyear
6555 East Southern Avenue, Mesa
13375 West Grand Avenue, Surprise
7611 West Thomas Road, Phoenix
5613 East State Route 69, Prescott
5000 South Arizona Mills Circle, Tempe

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rue21: The Lastest Casualty of the Pandemic

According to US News, rue21 is just the latest in a string of retail closures since the end of the pandemic shutdown. While many of these businesses were ailing before the lockdown, the global shutdown was the end of the road for them.

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Bed Bath & Beyond, J.Crew, JCPenney, and Hertz were a few of the corporations that didn't make it. While the pandemic isn't the total cause of these retailers' demise, the shutdown pushed them toward their last gasp.

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