Outdoor chain shutting store as mall admits it ‘doesn’t have answers’ right now

AN outdoor retailer has made a U-turn on one of its stores as it is set to close a mall location.

Eastern Mountain Sports is reportedly set to shutter a branch in the Guilderland town outside of Albany, New York.

This EMS location was located in the Stuyvesant Plaza mall.

The store had started a moving sale in April.

Reports at the time said the location had planned to move to a new spot within the same mall.

Despite this, recent signs at the location have said “Store Closing” and “Going out of Business,” according to the Times Union.

These sales have also continued 

The original plan to relocate this spot has now become doubtful.

A spokesperson for Stuyvesant Plaza said the mall was not certain about the future of EMS in their retail space.

“Things are very fluid right now,” they said.

“We don’t have an answer.”

Local fans shared their thoughts on the closure in the comments of a Facebook post.

“This is such a bummer,” one person wrote.

“EMS has such good deals,” they added.

“I’ll miss shopping there.”

“Another store closing?” another person commented.

The retailer has 24 other locations across the East Coast and New England, according to the company’s website.

RETAIL WOES

Other retailers have also had to deal with difficult closures, The U.S. Sun has previously reported.

A Walmart store is set to shut in a few days time.

The location in Aurora, Colorado, around 10 miles east of Denver, is set to shut on June 7.

Locals shared their anger following the news.

The U.S. Sun has reached out to EMS for comment.