Macy's to close 9 stores

Published: Dec. 28, 2007 at 3:55 PM

NEW YORK, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- Macy's department stores, struggling with 400 stores after buying May Company in 2005, said Friday it will close nine stores in six states.

No date was set for the closings but one store to be shut down said final clearance sales would begin "within the next several weeks."

The stores being closed, employing 899 people, are in Indianapolis; Lake Charles, La.; Akron, Canton and North Randall, Ohio; Oklahoma City; Dallas and Houston; and Riverdale, Utah, the Wall Street Journal said.

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