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Walmart closed its last two Portland stores in 2023 due to financial reasons tied to theft and operating losses, despite claims that all locations were shuttered due to rampant crime
There is no authoritative evidence in the reporting provided that plans to close 250 stores in ; the sources here either discuss unrelated retailers, localized or small-scale Walmart closures, or main...
publicly stated it had no plans to close any U.S. stores in 2025, a rebuttal that undercuts multiple viral lists claiming permanent shutdowns this year . The factual baseline in reporting is that Walm...
closed a series of brick‑and‑mortar locations in 2024 that, by multiple reporters’ counts, totaled about 11 standalone stores nationwide while the company separately exited its 51 after deeming that b...
did not issue an official press release announcing in any U.S. state during 2025–2026 in the reporting provided: the company publicly denied viral lists of widespread 2025 closures and told reporters ...
is closing and adjusting individual stores, but there is no credible evidence that the company is shutting down its national footprint en masse; recent activity includes targeted closures of underperf...
Fact-checkers trace viral retail-closure claims by combining platform forensics, primary-source verification with the company, and open-source sleuthing; they correct them by publishing debunks, pushi...