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Retailers are closing thousands of stores following years of declines in sales and customer traffic.

Bankruptcies accounted for a large chunk of the stores that have closed or are closing. But a tough physical retail environment stemming from steeper online competition is also being blamed.

We compiled a list of the 8,053 closures that were announced in 2017.

Mike Nudelman

Some retailers have released lists of which of their locations will be closing. To find out if a store near you is shutting down, click on the retailers in the following list:

• Sears and Kmart list of stores closing
• Target list of stores closing
• JCPenney list of stores closing
• Macy’s list of stores closing
• Gymboree list of stores closing