closing plans Macy 125 less productive stores – nearly a quarter of the total – over the next three years and cut about 2,000 jobs as part of a major restructuring. The shops, of which 30 are already being closed, for about $1.4 billion account for annual sales, the company said in a statement. Over the rest of the sites, the company is adapting its employees – to reduce in some locations and to increase in a better performance shops. The shares rose up to 3.5% in late trading. Analysts said, Macy is burdened by too many shopping centers in less than they do. It currently has more than 600 Macy more than 43 states. Last month he reported to promote sales data for the crucial holiday season, but said that it would close more than two dozen shops, as it adapts to changes in the way buy-consumers. “We say that close stores always have,” Poonam Goyal, senior analyst at retail told Bloomberg intelligence. “This is to show a good enough number that they are doing enough to solve the above problem stored in the USA” Consumers have more convenient online shopping has grown and ditching the in-store experience. , They have suffered particularly department stores and last year, has dimensions as the worst sector in the S & P 500. Many in the pop-up shops and brand partnerships to lure shoppers back into stores invested. The loss of foot traffic in stores is based on “anchor” people hanging in the centers to draw across the country, a wave effect in malls has. Macy will also consolidate its headquarters in New York, where it is already a large part of its business. Its massive flagship store in Herald Square are located there since 1902. It is closing its offices in Cincinnati. Deep Cuts’ in a message sent to employees Tuesday and described Bloomberg News, CEO Jeff Gennette said it was a ‘difficult week’ for everyone at Macy’s, as he outlines the way in which the dealer will take place in the coming years. He said that structural changes a necessity, had to return to profitable growth. “We are making deep cuts in almost all sectors of society,” he said in the note. “It was every feature requires a hard look at their organization to take and bring back its cost base. This means that the departure of many esteemed colleagues.” The plan was developed over six months, said Gennette. Manager start sharing information with employees this week. Macy did not immediately respond to requests for comment letter. The company expects restructuring to generate annual gross savings of approximately $1.5 billion, which will be fully implemented by 2022, with savings this year of about $600 million. Polaris Strategy As part of the reorganization, which defined its strategy Polaris, the company also has a number of leadership changes. Marc Mastronardi, for example, has been promoted to chief stores officer to control a separate letter to employees by Bloomberg News. Macy’s also a new small format stores and introducing a structure of 20,000 square feet in Dallas on Wednesday called Macy open market. The store is a shopping experience and immersive multi-purpose meeting space, according to the letter. Earlier Tuesday, Macy’s said it’s his office in San Francisco nearby that include the technology of their operations. The company said it will offer severance pay of qualified personnel in the offices, while some other employees may be transferred. Retailers were melt shop closing thousands of bankrupt chains and survivors shrink their tracks have accumulated too much retail space as buyers went online. closed more than 9,000 branches in 2019, according to CoreSight Research data. “It would not be the beginning and not the end,” said Simeon Siegel, a retail analyst at BMO Capital Markets. But it is not enough on the closures. “At the center of it you look at what you are looking for value proposition that customers go to stores. Picture copyright by Ty Wright Bloomberg / Getty Images How does best by getting smaller?”
Macy close 125 stores and cut 2,000 jobs as it reorganized for the digital shopping was
