Macy's To Close California Stores In 2021

CALIFORNIA — Macy's plans to close three dozen stores nationwide in 2021, including two in California, according to multiple reports.

The California stores slated for closure are at Hilltop Mall in Richmond and Parkway Plaza in El Cajon, according to USA Today. Macy's is also the parent company of Bloomingdale’s, and plans to close its store in Santa Monica.

Macy's said the Richmond closure would happen between March 14-27, and some 133 employees would be laid off, according to Mayor Tom Butt.

Clearance sales at all locations are expected to begin this month and run for eight to 12 weeks, officials said.

>> Macy's To Close Store At Hilltop Mall

The closures will leave California with 94 Macy's stores, according to the company's store directory:

• Arcadia

• Bakersfield

• Brea

• Burbank

• Canoga Park

• Capitola

• Carlsbad

• Cerritos

• Chula Vista

• Citrus Heights

• City Of Industry

• Concord

• Corte Madera

• Costa Mesa

• Culver City

• Daly City

• Downey

• El Centro

• Escondido

• Fairfield

• Fresno

• Glendale

• Hayward

• La Mesa

• Lakewood

• Los Angeles

• Manhattan Beach

• Mission Viejo

• Modesto

• Montclair

• Montebello

• Monterey

• Moreno Valley

• National City

• Newark

• Newport Beach

• Northridge

• Palm Desert

• Palmdale

• Palo Alto

• Pasadena

• Pleasanton

• Rancho Cucamonga

• Redding

• Redondo Beach

• Riverside

• Roseville

• Sacramento

• Salinas

• San Bernardino

• San Diego

• San Francisco

• San Jose

• San Leandro

• San Mateo

• San Rafael

• Santa Ana

• Santa Barbara

• Santa Clara

• Santa Clarita

• Santa Maria

• Santa Rosa

• Sherman Oaks

• Simi Valley

• Stockton

• Temecula

• Thousand Oaks

• Torrance

• Tracy

• Union City

• Ventura

• Victorville

• Visalia

• Walnut Creek

• West Covina

Macy's told the Chicago Tribune that the closures are "part of the company's strategy to right-size its store fleet, announced in early 2020."

Macy's announced earlier this year that it would right-size in response to the coronavirus pandemic, which hit retailers hard. Macy's in particular has reported a 20 percent quarterly decline in same-store sales. Plans include closing 125 large department stores in favor of smaller stores under 20,000 square feet, Forbes reported in September.

That's in addition to more than 100 stores the retailer has shuttered since 2015.

See the full list of nationwide Macy's store closures in USA Today.

— Written by Patch editors Bea Karnes and J. Ryne Danielson

This article originally appeared on the San Francisco Patch