Victoria's Secret, Bath & Body Works closing some stores in U.S.
About 250 Victoria’s Secret stores and around 50 Bath & Body Works stores will be closing for good in the United States and Canada, according to news from the chain’s parent company L Brands.
USA Today reports a quarterly earnings report by the parent company says sales have declined 37% in the quarter that ended May 2.
Nearly all locations of both chains have been shut down since March 17 because of the covid-19 pandemic. The report did not indicate which stores would be closing.
In the Western Pennsylvania region, there are eight Victoria’s Secret locations — Homestead, Ross, Upper St. Clair, Robinson, Monroeville, Frazer, Monaca and Hempfield. There are 18 Bath & Body Works locations.
According to the L Brands’ website, in the two countries there are 1,091 Victoria’s Secret stores and 1,739 Bath & Body Works stores.
The news comes one day after Pier 1 Imports announced it would but shutting down all of its stores.
Chris Pastrick is a TribLive digital producer. An Allegheny County native, he began working for the Valley News Dispatch in 1993 and joined the Trib in 1997. He can be reached at cpastrick@triblive.com.
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