Target, which is dealing with rising theft and “organized retail crime,” is planning to close nine stores across four states. Despite “adding more security team members, using third-party guard services, and implementing theft-deterrent tools,” the problem of crime persisted. The following are the affected markets, along with the remaining stores and job data:
1. New York City:
- Harlem: 517 E 117th St. (96 remaining stores, over 20,000 team members)
2. Seattle:
- University Way: 4535 University Way NE
- Ballard: 1448 NW Market St., Ste. 100 (22 remaining stores, nearly 4,000 team members)
3. San Francisco/Oakland:
- SF Folsom: 1690 Folsom St.
- Oakland Broadway: 2650 Broadway
- Pittsburg: 4301 Century Blvd. (32 remaining stores, over 6,400 team members)
4. Portland:
- Galleria: 939 SW Morrison St.
- Powell: 3031 SE Powell Blvd.
- Hollywood: 4030 NE Halsey St. (15 remaining stores, more than 2,500 team members)
Over 150 stores remain open in these areas. Target is increasing security by locking cases for certain items and collaborating with the US Department of Homeland Security’s Homeland Security Investigations branch. “While we will continue to make meaningful investments throughout our business, we cannot solve this issue on our own,” the company said.
