Posted on 06/16/2023 11:20:06 PM PDT by Morgana
AT&T has announced that it is shuttering its flagship store in downtown San Francisco in yet another blow to the city's struggling retail sector.
The store at 1 Powell Street in the city's Union Square shopping district is one of the largest in the country and will close on August 1, a spokesperson confirmed.
It is the latest episode in San Francisco's retail apocalypse, which has seen numerous high street retailers abandon the city's downtown area amid rising theft and homelessness, which has also driven away customers.
But the closure is also part of a wider trend for the telecommunications giant, which is also closing a store in Chicago. This will leave the company with only on flagship store in the country in Dallas.
'Consumer shopping habits continue to change, and we're changing with them,' AT&T spokesperson Chris Collins said on Thursday.
'That means serving customers where they are through the right mix of retail stores, digital channels and our phone-based care team.'
Collins made assurances that employees would not be made redundant.
'We are proud of our continued presence in the community, not only through our retail stores and our local investment in world-class connectivity with our 5G and fiber networks,' said Collins.
'All retail employees affected by this change will be offered jobs at one of our other many retail locations within the city.'
The closure comes a day after Cinemark announced plans to shutter its theater in the Westfield Mall and reports that Westfield said it closing the mall altogether.
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No worries, the “LGBQTIA+++ Underground Railroad” will import fleeing freaks from red states back to their ancestral homeland.
🎵 "I left my heart store in San Francisco …" 🎵
That’s too damn bad... for the #ing anti-American psycho telecom that continuously resuscitated CNN and its malevolent assault on Trump.
While it's nice to see the Left suffer, San Francisco was once a jewel of America -- as was NYC, Los Angeles, Chicago, Atlanta and many other places.
I can't say I'm "lovin" the Decline of the West.

Apparently the San Fagsisco Prog Socialist Democrap strategy actually IS to get us to Laugh Ourselves To Death!
So is the Mayoress doing anything except running her fat mouth?
The Goths and Vandals invaded Rome, not once but several times, as it was disintegrating as the center of the Roman Empire, with similar effect. The patricians left Rome for more tranquil localities, and took most of their portable wealth with them. If they weren’t murdered and robbed on their way out of town.
The “shining city on the hill” is disappearing into the mists of time.
Democrats ruin every nice place they take control of. Consider Asheville, North Carolina.
Hundreds of people from the AT&T super center would now be sent to 5-6 man strip mall stores.
Plenty of new opportunities in Oakland or under the bridges in LA.
AT&T said they are looking for new workers at tent city in Portland, OR, no redundancies there.
Struggling? No, it's dead. The body will soon come out of rigor.
Illegal Aliens, criminals, and druggies habits continue to change, and we’re changing with them......
Gruesome Newsom will blame Trump. Or Conservative terrorists.
San Francisco is gonna make a killing on the fines they charge for vacant downtown buildings...plus the property taxes on the unsellable real estate.
Yet Rome is still called the Eternal City. It experienced many rebirths, most notably during the Renaissance.
Perhaps, centuries from now, San Francisco will once again shine in glory.
It's remarkable to think that in 1950, Detroit was one of the most beautiful and prosperous cities in the U.S. Some vast and beautiful mansions in that city, built during the Gilded Age.
ATT does not own cnn warner bro. discovery does
ATT owned CNN during Trump’s Presidency
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