CHESHIRE – Macy’s has notified Mayor Peter Talbot and the state Department of Labor it will close its two facilities at its Cheshire fulfillment center leading to nearly 1,000 layoffs from March to August. The company plans to complete the closures by 2027.
The center plans to close its two locations at 475 Knotter Drive and 181 West Johnson Ave., according to the letter sent by Jonathan Castro Sr., Macy’s human resource business partner, on Jan. 13. The closures will leave 993 workers without jobs starting on March 14, including 485 fulfillment associates and 193 power equipment operators.
Those layoffs will take place in four waves:
- March 14: 130 fulfillment associates
- March 14: 52 power equipment operators
- April 4: 216 fulfillment associates
- April 4: 45 power equipment operators
- Aug. 1: 59 fulfillment associates
- Aug. 1: 42 power equipment operators
- Aug. 29: 80 fulfillment associates
- Aug. 29: 54 power equipment operators
Other workers who will be laid off during those waves include night operations and talent acquisition, weekend part-time operations, day part-time operations, weekend full-time operations, day full-time operations and maintenance and asset protection. Additionally, two Bloomingdale’s employees who work at the fulfillment center will lose their jobs.
While the company did not issue a statement about the facility closures, the WARN letter comes shortly after Macy’s announced it was closing another 14 stores nationwide in the first quarter of 2026.
Those closures followed the announcement last January that Macy’s was closing 66 stores. The company called those closures part of the “Bold New Chapter” strategy, which was announced in February 2024. This plan was designed to return the company to sustainable, profitable sales growth which includes closing approximately 150 underproductive stores over a three-year period while investing in its 350 go-forward Macy’s locations through fiscal 2026.
“Closing any store is never easy, but as part of our Bold New Chapter strategy, we are closing underproductive Macy’s stores to allow us to focus our resources and prioritize investments in our go–forward stores, where customers are already responding positively to better product offerings and elevated service,” said Tony Spring, Macy’s chair and CEO.
Macy’s operates four anchor stores at Danbury Fair, Stamford Town Center, Trumbull Mall and Connecticut Post Mall.
