store closings

Walgreens has confirmed they will be closing around 200 stores across the Country.

Dressbarn stores in Lafayette, Lake Charles, and Shreveport will be closing by the end of August as part of the brand's nationwide shutdown.

Three of the 49 additional stores that will be shuttered are located in South Louisiana.

Fred's Super Dollar Stores have announced an additional 104 store closings across the nation.

The closings will take place throughout 2019.

The four South Louisiana closings are part of a plan to shut down 159 stores nationwide.

Fred's has announced they're closing 159 locations across the country including four locations including Lafayette and Acadiana by the end of May.