{"id":1868,"date":"2023-03-09T23:40:36","date_gmt":"2023-03-10T04:40:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=1868"},"modified":"2023-03-09T23:40:36","modified_gmt":"2023-03-10T04:40:36","slug":"report-walmart-to-close-portland-locations-due-to-surging-crime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=1868","title":{"rendered":"Report: WalMart to Close Portland Locations Due to Surging Crime"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20750%20375'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/nationalfile.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/EF6BDD93-A286-44F8-B214-EDB570ED006F-750x375.jpeg\" alt=\"Report: WalMart to Close Portland Locations Due to Surging Crime\" width=\"750\" height=\"375\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalfile.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/EF6BDD93-A286-44F8-B214-EDB570ED006F-750x375.jpeg\" alt=\"Report: WalMart to Close Portland Locations Due to Surging Crime\" width=\"750\" height=\"375\"\/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Walmart has announced that all of its Portland locations will be closing amid surging crime.<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe have nearly 5,000 stores across the U.S. and unfortunately some do not meet our financial expectations. While our underlying business is strong, these specific stores haven\u2019t performed as well as we hoped,\u201d the company said in a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/retail\/walmart-shutter-portland-locations-just-months-after-ceos-warnings-crime.amp\"><strong>statement<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0to Fox Business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Closures are currently scheduled for March 24, when the Hayden Meadows and East Port Plaza locations will close. Workers at those locations, some 580, are reportedly scrambling to find jobs outside of the city, Fox reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Walmart\u2019s CEO recently stated that additional closures could be expected across the nation due to rampant retail theft in particular cities. \u201cTheft is an issue. It\u2019s higher than what it has historically been,\u201d Walmart CEO Doug McMillon,\u201d said in an interview.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the company\u2019s statement to Fox Business, WalMart sidestepped directly naming crime as the reason for the store closures. \u201cWe do a thorough review of how a store performs and weigh many factors before making the difficult decision to close a facility,\u201d a company spokesman said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe consider many factors, including current and projected financial performance, location, population, customer needs, and the proximity of other nearby stores when making these difficult decisions. Our focus right now is taking care of our associates during this transition and working with our customers to transition their pharmacy, and other, shopping needs to nearby stores.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Portland has recorded astronomical spikes in violent and property crimes since far-left militants have largely been given free reign in the city since 2019. Between 2019 and 2021, the city\u2019s homicide rate spiked 207%, one of the highest increases in the nation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The city also surpassed a record in car thefts in 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Original Article: <a href=\"https:\/\/nationalfile.com\/report-walmart-to-close-portland-locations-due-to-surging-crime\/\">https:\/\/nationalfile.com\/report-walmart-to-close-portland-locations-due-to-surging-crime\/<\/a>  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Walmart has announced that all of its Portland locations will be closing amid surging crime. \u201cWe have nearly 5,000 stores across the U.S. and unfortunately some do not meet our financial expectations. While our underlying business is strong, these specific stores haven\u2019t performed as well as we hoped,\u201d the company said in a\u00a0statement\u00a0to Fox Business. Closures are currently scheduled for March 24, when the Hayden Meadows and East Port Plaza locations will close. Workers at those locations, some 580, are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-crime"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1868"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1868\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1869,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1868\/revisions\/1869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}