Sam’s Club stores closing abruptly across the U.S., including in North Carolina
NORTH CAROLINA (CBS News) — Walmart is closing hundreds of Sam’s Club stores nationwide, according to numerous media reports.
Jessica Buckner, an audit team lead at a Sam’s Club location in Anchorage, told local TV station KTVA that all Alaska stores are closing as part of a larger downsizing across the U.S. “From what I heard, there’s over 260 stores that have been closed down,” she said.
The wholesale clubs’ official closure date is Jan. 26, Buckner said.
The closures also affect stores in New Jersey, upstate New York, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Louisiana, North Carolina, Tennessee and Texas. In some locations, per social media, people showed up to work only to be told that their location was closing, with nearly no advance notice.
Sam’s Club did not immediately reply to a request for comment.
The chain, which competes with Costco , has more than 650 locations employing more than 100,000 people, with an average of 175 employees per store, according to the company.
No formal announcement had been posted Thursday morning by Sam’s Club, but the company acknowledged the closures on Twitter with a general statement.
The company drew criticism from people on Twitter who objected to the lack of notice about the closings.
Employees at the Morrisville location in North Carolina reached out to WWAY’s ABC affiliate ABC11 to say they showed up to a closed store today and that in two-weeks it will be closed permanently.
Another affiliate, WPDE, reports The North Carolina Department of Commerce sent a letter to the Robeson County administration Thursday morning saying the Sam’s Club on Dawn Drive in Lumberton is closing at the end of the month, according to Robeson County Manager Ricky Harris.
As of last check, the location in Wilmington was still open.
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