LUXURIOUS athletic brand Lululemon has abruptly shut down a location that was ransacked by thieves. The brand is escaping Washington DC after suffering through bouts of retail crime . The store left a farewell note to its customers before locking its doors for the final time on Sunday evening.
"Our location is closing," the note read. "Our time at this location is coming to an end. "We've loved being a part of this community and are grateful to have been here!" Read more on shoplifting The message encouraged shoppers to take one last trip to the store before it shut down for good.
The 14th Street store in Northwest Washington closed permanently on Sunday, July 21, 2024. The chain signed off their goodbye note with "yours in sweat, lululemon 14th Street." The farewell note did not give a reason as to why this particular location was closing, but it does not appear to be linked to sales numbers.
Most read in The US Sun The company have yet to confirm why this location has been closed, but the move comes less than a week after it was robbed. Lululemon has been the target of numerous theft attempts in Washington DC this year. Thousands of dollars worth of merchandise have been stolen from the store.
Lululemon has been contacted by The U.S. Sun for a comment.
The 14th Street store was not the only Lululemon in Washington to be targeted. Two other stores in the city were robbed on the same day - the Georgetown and Penn Quarter stores. Four people were seen carrying out the thefts, according to surveillance footage obtained by Fox affiliate WTTF .
Lululemon has been abruptly exiting cities across the US and several more closures are on the horizon. The Pacific Place store, in Seattle, Washington was closed in April 2024, and the company has said that an additional four stores will close in the coming future . The National Retail Federation has reported a huge rise in retail crime in the US.
Retailers reported $112 billion in losses in 2022, up from $93 billion in 2021. And Lululemon is not the only shop to experience theft in the US. With rising inflation , many stores have become subject to this crime .
Thieves in Florida were seen on camera stealing close to $2 million worth of designer purses from a Hotel in Miami Beach, Florida, in May. Read More on The US Sun Shoplifting across the US has become a growing issue. Even shops like Target have started to lock away basic items such as deodorant and shampoo to try and cut down on the crime.
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