AN Office Depot store has set to close in just weeks after a worker revealed the outlet was to shut down.
Execs at the Staples rival have rushed to cut the prices of remaining stock with liquidation sales now underway.
The store located in Alton, Illinois – located around 30 miles from St. Louis, Missouri – is expected to close sometime in November, but a date for the shutdown remains unknown, as reported by The Telegraph.
A staffer told the outlet that the store will be closing.
The prices of items have been wiped by up to 30 percent ahead of the shutdown.
The U.S. Sun has approached Office Depot for comment.
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News of the upcoming shutdown comes as it was reported that another Office Depot store in Hyde Park, Illinois will be closing on November 11.
The store’s interim manager told the Hyde Park Herald: “We’ll wind down operations at this location.
"We’re seeing a lot of people buying to stock up, just to avoid additional trips."
A spokesperson for the chain told The Hyde Park Herald that the store closure is part of the company’s plans to “optimize its retail footprint.”
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Store bosses have cut the prices of items by up to 40 percent ahead of the upcoming closure.
The closures come years after execs at the retailer announced a major restructuring plan.
There are more than 900 Office Depot stores across the US, but bosses revealed that they would close a number of stores between 2020 and 2023.
More than 200 Office Depot stores were shuttered across the country between 2020 and 2021 as bosses whittled down the portfolio of outlets.
Office Depot closed more than 70 locations in 2022 and bosses warned that more closures were likely in the coming years.
The U.S. Sun previously covered the Office Depot store closures that hit Jacksonville, Florida, and New Albany, Indiana earlier this year.
Office Depot stores in Orlando and Denver, Colorado have also gone to the wall.
Meanwhile, a Staples store in Westfield, Massachusetts is set to close on October 6, as reported by Mass Live.
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