Number of jobs impacted by store closures in selected retailers in the U.S. 2020
According to recent data, the American department store retailer JCPenney suffered about 90,000 job losses associated with store closures in 2020. Data from mid-May 2020 also suggested the total number of jobs impacted due to store closures amounted to 168,158 for leading retailer companies. Temporary closures due to COVID-19 were not taken into account in the figures.