BENTONVILLE, Arkansas - January 12, 2010 - Wal-Mart said Monday it will close 10 money-losing Sam's Club stores and cut 1,500 jobs to reduce costs.
The stores will close January 22. They are in Nampa, Idaho; La Quinta, Kalifornia; Louisville, Colorado; Vista, Kalifornia; Rolling Meadows, Illinois; Clay, New York; and Irvine, Kalifornia. The cities of Houston, Phoenix and Sacramento will each lose one store.
"Despite the outstanding efforts of our associates, these clubs continued to lose money and we have decided to close them," Sam's Club CEO Brian Cornell said in a statement.
Cornell said the company is trying to find jobs at other Sam's Club or Wal-Mart locations for workers who lost their jobs. Wal-Mart owns the Sam's Club warehouse stores chain.
Wal-Mart Stores), based in Bentonville, Arkansas, says it plans to disclose the financial details of the closures when it announces its fourth-quarter results on February 18. It does not anticipate any material adverse impact on fourth-quarter profit.
The stores will close January 22. They are in Nampa, Idaho; La Quinta, Kalifornia; Louisville, Colorado; Vista, Kalifornia; Rolling Meadows, Illinois; Clay, New York; and Irvine, Kalifornia. The cities of Houston, Phoenix and Sacramento will each lose one store.
"Despite the outstanding efforts of our associates, these clubs continued to lose money and we have decided to close them," Sam's Club CEO Brian Cornell said in a statement.
Cornell said the company is trying to find jobs at other Sam's Club or Wal-Mart locations for workers who lost their jobs. Wal-Mart owns the Sam's Club warehouse stores chain.
Wal-Mart Stores), based in Bentonville, Arkansas, says it plans to disclose the financial details of the closures when it announces its fourth-quarter results on February 18. It does not anticipate any material adverse impact on fourth-quarter profit.