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Disappearing stores: These South Florida businesses are leaving or struggling

Stories by Miami Herald journalists, with AI summarization

Is your favorite store leaving Miami?

In case you missed it, catch up with our coverage of retail shutdowns and other changes.

A Forever 21 store on Lincoln Road Mall in South Beach in a file photo from Oct. 5, 2019.

NO. 1: FOREVER 21’S BANKRUPTCY MEANS SHUTDOWNS AT SOUTH FLORIDA MALLS. SEE THE LIST OF STORES

The fashions were a hit with young shoppers. | Published March 18, 2025 | Read Full Story by Howard Cohen

In 1991, the Sears building on Biscayne Boulevard just north of downtown Miami. By Al Diaz

NO. 2: SEARS WAS EVERYWHERE IN SOUTH FLORIDA. TAKE A LOOK AT THE STORES BACK THEN

These photos show a different shopping world. | Published May 13, 2025 | Read Full Story by Miami Herald Archives

Customers still go to the last Sears store in Miami, as seen here at the “Coral Gables store” as longtime customers call the store on the Miami side of Douglas Road and Coral Way, on the afternoon of July 10, 2024. But even so, the aisles are seldom crowded like they were in the store’s heyday, which lasted for decades after its 1954 opening at this location. By Howard Cohen

NO. 3: WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE LAST SEARS STORE IN MIAMI? SEE 5 TAKEAWAYS FROM THE PLAN

Will it stay or will it go? | Published May 23, 2025 | Read Full Story by Miami Herald Archives, with AI summarization

This At Home store houses the last KMart standing in the Continental U.S. at 14091 SW 88th St. In June 2025, At Home filed court documents announcing it was closing 26 of its store by the end of September, including one of its Florida stores on Biscayne Boulevard. This At Home was not on the court document among the closures. By Howard Cohen

NO. 4: A HOME FURNISHINGS STORE IS CLOSING IN MIAMI-DADE. WHAT’S THAT MEAN FOR KMART?

Home furnishings and decor chain At Home announced it plans to close 30 locations nationwide in September. | Published September 12, 2025 | Read Full Story by Howard Cohen

The summary above was drafted with the help of AI tools and edited by journalists in our News division. All stories listed were reported, written and edited by McClatchy journalists.