List of retailers affected by the retail apocalypse

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The following retailers in the United States and Canada have all either closed or announced plans to close large numbers of retail locations, since 2010, during a time period labelled a "retail apocalypse" by media, accelerated by both the increase in online shopping and then by the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. [1] [2]

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