AurumPunzel
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- Aug 20, 2018
That rumour seems to persist every time an onslaught of store closures happens. And even before the pandemic, they've been shedding stores, with no new permanent openings since 2017 (the last brand new location being in Munich, Germany). However, it still has me questioning if Disney cares about their retail stores anymore or are being too sporadic with new permanent locations, given that the more-experiential formats such as Imagination Park and P30 are going to be the ones that outlive the legacy formats, yet at the same time, the closures are leaving some regions without a Disney Store for miles, which results in people taking their business online, and with the pandemic, I have a feeling it's going to get worse.I haven't read anywhere that Disney has announced the closing of all the Disney stores, so I believe its def a rumor. Yea, some stores are closing but it seems to be isolated to how specific stores are performing. Sure, they might've been doing great last year but for past 5 months, especially stores in a mall, have been struggling bigtime and its not going to get any better for the rest of this year. The stores closing seem to be based off performance and the decision is specific to each individual store. Its not just Disney stores closing, there are literally thousands of stores closing everywhere rite now.