Sam’s Club have closed Texas stores in Houston, Austin and San Antonio, DFW Stores not listed. Some stores in Georgia, Tennessee, Louisiana, Washington, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Indiana and Alaska have or will close permanently. See LIST of ALL LOCATIONS Closing HERE QUESTION: Are they closing ALL Sam’s Club locations ANSWER: No, however about 63 locations will shut down for good. But some stores will remain open for business. FULL STORY: HERE
Could this be a coincidence but also on Thursday, Walmart — owner of Sam’s Club announced minimum wage would increase to $11.00 per hour and employees are getting $1,000 bonus.
In addition to boosting workers' starting salaries, Walmart is closing 63 Sam's Club stores across the country https://t.co/Td2fCOohub
— AP Business News (@APBusiness) January 11, 2018
Walmart is abruptly closing Sam's Club stores and laying off thousands of workers, and no one knows why https://t.co/gdfaChY7r9 pic.twitter.com/bOL3YtDAhl
— Business Insider (@businessinsider) January 11, 2018
Wal-Mart's Sam's Club to shut stores after 'review' https://t.co/ojVSggg5xd pic.twitter.com/Tj23oGgbpd
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) January 11, 2018
Sam's Club abruptly closes locations across the country, including Texas, report says https://t.co/esryKAbhZj pic.twitter.com/wE2wRCWXLs
— Austin Statesman (@statesman) January 11, 2018
Sam’s Club shutdown? Employees at this S Loop store tell me they showed up to work and were told store is closed effective today. Sign on door says same thing. Hearing other stores also affected. Waiting on answers from parent company, Walmart #khou11 pic.twitter.com/RtbY7EhiIK
— Jason Miles (@JMilesKHOU) January 11, 2018
JUST IN: Sam's Club locations across country, including Louisiana, close without warning, reports say. https://t.co/plhEoDZAZ9 pic.twitter.com/Y3vmPgBgXA
— WWL-TV (@WWLTV) January 11, 2018
Sam’s Club customers and employees frustrated after walking straight into a “CLOSED” sign at the store’s entrance in #Greece @News_8 #roc pic.twitter.com/UohSYY7UYU
— Jeannie McBride (@jeanniemcbride_) January 11, 2018
JUST IN | Tampa Bay-area Sam's Club closed today as stores nationwide suddenly close without notice https://t.co/bWv0ntSa3g pic.twitter.com/EAuIERaaR1
— 10News WTSP (@10NewsWTSP) January 11, 2018
All Alaska Sam's Club locations abruptly close as part of nationwide rollback https://t.co/WUfAJSZ58n pic.twitter.com/RQYVWJcRjN
— KTVA 11 News (@ktva) January 11, 2018