Kohl’s will soon close more than two dozen stores nationwide this spring, including two in Chicago suburbs.
Kohl’s stores in Plainfield, located at 11860 S. Route 59, and West Dundee, at 3000 Spring Hill Ring Road, are scheduled to close in the coming months.
The impending closures affect 27 of the company’s 1,150+ locations, according to Kohl’s.
The two Illinois closures mark half of the chain’s Midwest closures, with the other two stores affected both located in Ohio.
Ten of the 27 closing stores are located in California, with an e-commerce distribution center in Southern California also closing.
The company cited the closing stores as “underperforming.”
“We always take these decisions very seriously,” Tom Kingsbury, Kohl’s chief executive officer, said in a statement. “As we continue to build on our long-term growth strategy, it is important that we also take difficult but necessary actions to support the health and future of our business for our customers and our teams.”
The company said employees have been informed, and associated were “offered a competitive severance package or the ability to apply to other open roles at Kohl’s.”
“Kohl’s thanks our associates for their work and is working to support our associates during this transition,” the company said in its release.
