• Kohl’s will close 27 “underperforming” stores across 15 states by the end of March 2025.
• The closures come as the company struggles with declining sales and adapting to changing shopping trends.
• Kohl’s has also eliminated positions at its headquarters and other locations in recent years.

Menomonee Falls-based Kohl’s is set to close 27 “underperforming” stores by the end of the month.

In January, Kohl’s announced it was closing the stores, located across 15 states, along with its e-commerce distribution center in San Bernardino, California. According to USA TODAY, the 27 stores are closing on Saturday, March 29, per the stores’ webpages. The e-commerce center is slated to close in May.

Here’s what to know about the closures and if they’re affecting stores in Wisconsin:

Why is Kohl’s closing stores?

Recently, the company has struggled to maintain a customer base and adapt to changing shopping trends. Throughout 2024, Kohl’s reported decreasing sales each quarter. 

The retailer’s sales declined 9.4% in the fourth quarter of 2024 and 7.2% for the year. For 2025, the company expects a net decrease in sales for the year between 5% to 7% compared to last year.

A few weeks after announcing it would close the 27 stores, Kohl’s said it was eliminating roughly 10% of the positions at its headquarters. Additional layoffs took place in 2024 and 2023.

Amid the challenges, Kohl’s has worked to build partnerships with other brands like Sephora and Babies ‘R’ Us. It has also been experimenting with store layouts to drive sales.

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Is Kohl’s closing stores in Wisconsin?

No Wisconsin stores are included on the list of Kohl’s locations closing Saturday.

Which Kohl’s stores are closing in March 2025?

The following Kohl’s stores are closing by the end of the month, according to USA TODAY:

Alabama

• Spanish Fort: 21000 Town Center Ave.

Arkansas

• Little Rock West: 13909 Chenal Pkwy.

California

• Balboa (San Diego): 5505 Balboa Ave.
• Encinitas: 134 N. El Camino Real
• Fremont: 43782 Christy St.
• Mountain View: 350 Showers Drive
• Napa: 1116 1st St.
• Pleasanton: 4525 Rosewood Drive
• Point West (Sacramento): 1896 Arden Way
• San Rafael: 5010 Northgate Drive
• San Luis Obispo: 205 Madonna Road
• Westchester: 8739 S. Sepulveda Blvd.

Colorado

• Arapahoe Crossing (Aurora): 6584 S. Parker Road

Georgia

• Duluth: 2050 W. Liddell Road

Idaho

• Boise: 400 N. Milwaukee St.

Illinois

• Plainfield: 11860 S. Route 59
• Spring Hill (West Dundee): 3000 Spring Hill Ring Road

Massachusetts

• Stoughton: 501 Technology Center Drive

New Jersey

• East Windsor: 72 Princeton Hightstown Road

Ohio

• Blue Ash: 4150 Hunt Road
• Forest Park (Cincinnati): 100 Cincinnati Mills Drive

Oregon

• Portland Gateway: 10010 NE Halsey St.

Pennsylvania

• Pottstown: 351 W. Schuylkill Road

Texas

• North Dallas: 18224 Preston Road

Utah

• Riverton: 13319 S. 3600 W Ste 13LOT

Virginia

• Herndon: 2100 Centreville Road
• Williamsburg: 100 Gristmill Plz

Where are Kohl’s stores in Milwaukee?

Kohl’s operates more than 1,100 stores nationwide, including 42 stores in Wisconsin, according to the company’s online store locator.

Kohl’s has two stores in Milwaukee, at 3737 S. 27th St. and 331 W. Wisconsin Ave. Its other Milwaukee-area locations are in Brookfield, Delafield, Glendale, Grafton, Greenfield, Menomonee Falls, Muskego, Oak Creek, Sussex, West Allis, West Bend and two in Waukesha.

More: Kohl’s Corp. sales decline 7.2% in 2024. Profit down sharply for the quarter and year.

Journal Sentinel reporter Ricardo Torres contributed to this report.

Officials are investigating a death at the old Milwaukee Mall location at West Fond du Lac and North avenues.

The Milwaukee County Medical Examiner’s Office says it responded to the location for a death but was unable to release more information Tuesday night.

The site was once Milwaukee’s first Sears store in the 1920s and this intersection was part of a booming retail center on the north side. Sears would close the store in 1981 and soon the Fondy Mall opened there for less than a year. The location was then marketed as Milwaukee Mall, but it was more of a indoor flea market that eventually closed over a decade ago.

In recent years, developer Kalan Haywood Sr. has been pursing plans to create a mix of uses, including a craft brewery, events venue, art gallery, office space and housing on a 7-acre site. He borrowed $3.79 million from the City of Milwaukee for a stalled hotel project and received more time to repay the loan. The deadline was this month, according to prior media coverage.

The Milwaukee Police Department didn’t immediately respond to a request for information Tuesday night about the death investigation.

This story will be updated as more information becomes available.

North Bethesda, Maryland-based Choice Hotels International announced that it has opened a Clarion Pointe hotel at 5037 S. Howell Ave. in Milwaukee, near Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport.

It is the 70^th Clarion Pointe hotel location for the company. The Clarion Pointe flag was launched in 2018, as a lower-priced extension of the Clarion hotel brand.

The Clarion Pointe Milwaukee hotel is located in a former Motel 6, which closed in 2016.

The 42,184-square-foot, 117-room hotel building was built in 1972. After the Motel 6 closed the building was renovated for conversion to a Baymont by Wyndham hotel, but it never opened. Now the building has finally reopened as an operating hotel.

The building, which sits on a 2.1-acre site, has an assessed value of $2.8 million, according to city records. The property was last sold in 2017 for $1.4 million to Manvee Hospitality Holdings.

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