https://www.oann.com/newsroom/walmart-leaving-portland/
According to KPTV, the decision behind closing their location is due to poor performance and financial reasons.
“We have nearly 5,000 stores across the U.S. and unfortunately some do not meet our financial expectations,” Walmart said in its announcement. “While our underlying business is strong, these specific stores haven’t performed as well as we hoped.”
The two remaining locations that Walmart will be shuttering are at Hayden Meadows, and East Part Plaza with 580 employees currently employed at the two locations. Both locations will be closing on March 24th.
Seattle has seen stores closing for years now. Retail theft is just endemic any more.
Stuff like this is why I'm glad they closed a ton of the california stores and just sent all of their products to neighboring areas. I think it was last year they said they were closing half of the ones there, and I swear a month after the last one did they had tons of sales on the local ones. I don't normally buy walmart shoes, but when they're $10 a pair I don't see why not.