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Macy's in Salisbury Stays Open Amid Nationwide Closings

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Macy’s is closing 68 stores across the nation as part of a significant drop in sales.

But the store in the Centre at Salisbury will not be one of them.

The Salisbury Daily Times reports that sales dropped for a total of 2.7 percent at all its stores in November and December compared to last year at this time.

Nine of the closings had been previously announced.

59 are expected to be closed by the middle of this year.

This leaves Macy’s with 662 stores nationally.

But the closings may not be over yet.

The company’s CEO Terry Lundgren said that the retailer plans on closing around 100 stores over the next few years as part of an effort to strengthen its financial position.

Don Rush is the News Director and Senior Producer of News and Public Affairs at Delmarva Public Media. An award-winning journalist, Don reports major local issues of the day, from sea level rise, to urban development, to the changing demographics of Delmarva.