11 November 2014 (01:11 UTC-07 Tango)/18 Muharram 1436/20 Aban 1393/19 Yi-Hai 4712

In January 2014, somewhat upscale department store Macy’s announced it was shutting down five stores and killing off 25-hundred jobs!   However, a check of actual store closures for 2014 shows more than five stores were/are being shutdown.

It should be noted that Macy’s, like Sears and Kmart, have been shutting down stores for the past few years.  By the way, while shutting down stores in the U.S. Macy’s is opening a massive store in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

In the following list, those stores in bold letters were not on the original list of five store closures published by east coast main stream news sources in January.

Arizona: Mesa Macy’s.

California: Pasadena Paseo Colorado mall Macy’s, 116 jobs lost!  Interestingly this Macy’s was not covered in the list of ‘five’ closures published by east coast news sources, however, California news sources say this store shows the list actually covered six stores.  I wonder why the dominant east coast news sources failed to identify it?   In Cupertino, the Vallco Shopping Mall Macy’s was sold off, no word on if the store will be shutdown by the new owner.

Florida: Bradenton DeSoto Square mall Macy’s, 131 jobs affected!  Macy’s administrators said some of the jobs were being consolidated into another store. 

Kansas: Overland Park Macy’s.

Missouri: Florrisant Macy’s.

New York: Irondequoit Macy’s.

Pennsylvania: West Manchester Township Macy’s, 69 jobs lost. 

Texas: One of two Houston Macy’s (Galleria Macy’s), 136 jobs lost!

Utah: Murray Macy’s.

JCPenney closing more stores in 2014 than first announced!