Walmart suddenly closes Sam's Club stores
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Walmart is abruptly closing 63 Sam's Club locations across the US  the company told Business Insider on Thursday. Some stores have already closed; others will close within weeks.
Walmart is closing 63 Sam's Club stores across the US  the company told Business Insider on Thursday afternoon  after reports of abrupt store closings began to emerge.
In some cases  employees were not told their store had closed before showing up to work on Thursday. Those employees learned their store would be closing when they found the store's doors locked and a notice announcing the closing  Sam's Club workers told Business Insider. At some stores  employees were turned away by police officers.
The remaining stores will stay open for several weeks before closing permanently. All of the affected stores were scrubbed from the Sam's Club website on Thursday morning.
 Sam's Club CEO John Furner  notified employees of the closures in a company-wide email sent Thursday.
"After a thorough review  it became clear we had built clubs in some locations that impacted other clubs  and where population had not grown as anticipated "  Furner  said in the email. "We will be closing some clubs  and we notified them today. We'll convert some of them into eCommerce fulfillment centers — to better serve the growing number of members shopping with us online and continue scaling the SamsClub.com business."
Sam's Club membership fees — which cost $45 annually — will be refunded to customers affected by the closings  a Walmart official said.
After a thorough review of our existing portfolio  we’ve decided to close a series of clubs and better align our locations with our strategy. Closing clubs is never easy and we’re committed to working with impacted members and associates through this transition. — Sam's Club (@SamsClub) January 11  2018
Walmart is abruptly closing 63 [TGT] locations across the US  the company told Business Insider on Thursday. Some stores have already closed; others will close within weeks.
Walmart is closing 63 [TGT] stores across the US  the company told Business Insider on Thursday afternoon  after reports of abrupt store closings began to emerge.
In some cases  employees were not told their store had closed before showing up to work on Thursday. Those employees learned their store would be closing when they found the store's doors locked and a notice announcing the closing  Sam's Club workers told Business Insider. At some stores  employees were turned away by police officers.
The remaining stores will stay open for several weeks before closing permanently. All of the affected stores were scrubbed from [TGT]'s Club website on Thursday morning.
 [TGT]notified employees of the closures in a company-wide email sent Thursday.
"After a thorough review  it became clear we had built clubs in some locations that impacted other clubs  and where population had not grown as anticipated [TGT]said in the email. "We will be closing some clubs  and we notified them today. We'll convert some of them into eCommerce fulfillment centers — to better serve the growing number of members shopping with us online and continue scaling the SamsClub.com business."
[TGT]'s Club membership fees — which cost $45 annually — will be refunded to customers affected by the closings  a Walmart official said.
After a thorough review of our existing portfolio  we’ve decided to close a series of clubs and better align our locations with our strategy. Closing clubs is never easy and we’re committed to working with impacted members and associates through this transition. — Sam's Club (@SamsClub) January 11  2018