Walmart will shutter 2 Mass. Sam’s Club stores
Walmart Stores, Inc. will close two Massachusetts Sam’s Club stores in Seekonk and Fall River as part of a larger reorganization, according to a statement made by the company on Friday. The Sam’s Club in Warwick, Rhode Island will also close. No Massachusetts Walmart stores will be closed as part of the reorganization.
Once the Fall River and Seekonk locations close, only the Worcester Sam’s Club would remain open in the state.
In all, Walmart is closing 269 stores, more than half of them in the U.S., and another big chunk in its challenging Brazilian market.
The stores being shuttered account for a fraction of the company’s 11,000 stores worldwide and less than 1 percent of its global revenue.
More than 95 percent of the stores set to be closed in the U.S. are within 10 miles of another Walmart. The Bentonville, Arkansas, company said it is working to ensure that workers are placed in nearby locations.
The store closures will start at the end of the month.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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