255 Joann stores close by end of April: See list of locations, closing dates
One-third of all Joann stores will be closed by the end of April, with the rest of the beleaguered fabric and craft retailer's locations expected to close next month.
After the company filed for bankruptcy in January 2025 – its second filing in 11 months – all of Joann's assets were won in a February 2025 auction by retail liquidator GA Group and Joann's term lenders. Subsequently, most locations began going-out-of-business sales.
Those sales will be ending soon at 255 locations, which will be closed by next week, according to Jo Anne McCusker, a GA Group spokesperson. The more than 500 stores that remain are scheduled to close by the end of May, as previously announced in February by Scott Carpenter, CEO of GA Group's Retail Solutions and Wholesale & Industrial Solutions teams, to the Akron Beacon Journal, part of the Paste BN Network.
List: See which Joann's stores will close by end of April
Joann, which is based in Hudson, Ohio, has been in business for over 80 years. The company had previously announced the closures of "approximately 500" of its more than 800 locations across the U.S.
Contributing: Gabe Haurari and Jonathan Limehouse
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