This popular mall store is closing 500+ locations, including 6 in Mass.

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• Published: May. 04, 2024, 9:51 a.m.

A vacant storefront in Holyoke. (Don Treeger/The Republican)

The clothing store rue21, focused on trendy clothes, shoes and apparel for teenagers, will be closing more than 540 of its stores across the country.

The mall staple filed for bankruptcy on Thursday, stating in court filings that it "recently suffered operational losses stemming from, among other things, underperforming retail locations, the continued growth of online shopping and industry competition, inflation and macroeconomic headwinds, and difficulties raising capital in an amount sufficient to meet their liquidity needs and fund operations."

The Pennsylvania-based company has six stores in Massachusetts, three stores in New Hampshire, two stores in Connecticut, one store in Vermont, and 10 stores in New York, according to its website.

The company's filings state they will be holding closing and going-out-of-business sales at their stores.

In all, the company has 542 stores.

Here are the locations in the Northeast:

Connecticut

• Westfield Connecticut Post Shopping Center, 1201 Boston Post Road, Milford
• Crystal Mall, 850 Hartford Turnpike, Waterford

Massachusetts

• South Shore Plaza, 250 Granite St., Braintree
• Westgate Mall, 200 Westgate Drive, Brockton
• Holyoke Mall, 50 Holyoke St., Holyoke
• Cape Cod Mall, 793 Iyannough Road, Hyannis
• The Mall Whitney Field, 100 Commercial Road, Leominster
• Emerald Square Mall, 999 S Washington St., North Attleboro

New Hampshire

• Fox Run Mall, 50 Fox Run Road, Newington
• Settlers Green Outlet Village, 2 Common Court, North Conway
• Tanger Outlet Center, 120 Laconia Road, Tilton

New York

• Crossgates Mall, 1 Crossgates Mall Road, Albany
• South Shore Mall, 1701 Sunrise Hwy., Bay Shore
• Walden Galleria, 1 Walden Galleria, Buffalo
• Tanger Outlet Center at the Arches, 1652 The Arches Circle, Deer Park
• Crystal Run Galleria, 1 Galleria Dr., Middletown
• Marketplace Mall, 1 Miracle Mile Dr., Rochester
• The Mall at Greece Ridge, 370 Greece Ridge Center Dr., Rochester
• Freedom Plaza, 105 Erie Blvd. W, Rome
• Destiny USA, 9090 Destiny USA Dr., Syracuse
• Waterloo Premium Outlets, 655 Route 318, Waterloo

Vermont

• University Mall, 155 Dorset St., South Burlington

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