Joann Fabrics plans to close all 800 stores
It’s called the Retail Apocalypse and continues today with news that fabric outlet Joann Fabrics is closing all 800 locations.
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Shoppers may find it creepy to see their favorite Joann Fabrics, Big Lots, or Forever 21 store becoming Spirit Halloween.
According to the Spirit Halloween website, Egg Harbor Township, and its headquarters website in New Jersey, “There are over 1,500 seasonal locations in strip centers and malls in North America.” These hundreds of incoming stores take up space previously used by previously bankrupt retailers, including Big Lots, Forever 21, Joann Fabrics, Party City, Circuit City, K-Mart and Rite Aid.
Spirit stores are open at the end of summer, but their online stores are available all year round.
USA Today contacted Spirit Halloween on Saturday, August 2nd, but did not receive a response.
Here are the bankruptcy retailers whose space is reviving with Spirit Halloween:
What kind of bankrupts are there spaces revived by Spirit Halloween?
According to the Spirit Halloween location map, they show incoming stores scheduled to open after August, but these are notable bankruptcies whose previous space is occupied by the “large Halloween retailer in the country.”
- Big Lot (filed bankruptcy in September 2024)
- Forever 21 (filed bankruptcy in March 2025)
- Kmart (filed for bankruptcy in January 2002, and filed its parent company, Sears Holdings, in October 2018)
- Party City (filed for bankruptcy in January 2023 and then filed again in December 2024)
- Joann Fabrics (filed for bankruptcy in March 2024 and then filed again in January 2025)
- Rite Aid (Two bankruptcy filings in October 2023 and May 2025)
- Circuit City (filed bankruptcy in November 2008)
- Stores with only 99 cents (filed bankruptcy in April 2024)
How to check out future Spirit Halloween locations
Those who want to see if Spirit Halloween is open in their area can access the retailer’s map, enter their city and zip code, and see where they are nearest.
The company announced in June that it wanted to support more than 1,500 retailers, which are scheduled to open this year, with 50,000 seasonal employees.
Contributors: Mike Snyder and Gabe Howari, USA Today
