300 Could Lose Jobs In Nordstrom Peabody, Braintree Store Closings

PEABODY, MA — Up to 300 Nordstrom employees could lose their jobs amid the national upscale department store chain's location closings at the Northshore Mall in Peabody and South Shore Plaza in Braintree, according to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) filing with the state this week.

The WARN filing, which is required for employees planning to issue layoff notices to 50 or more employees at a single site, said that the layoffs could affect 134 employees in Peabody and 166 employees in Braintree.

The effective date of the layoffs is listed as March 8.

• Nordstrom To Close Northshore Mall, South Shore Plaza Locations

A Nordstrom spokesperson told Patch last week that the leases are expiring at both locations and the decision was made not to renew them in order to best "serve customers in the area by leveraging our surrounding stores and through our digital channels."

Additional stores at the Burlington and Natick malls, as well as Nordstrom Rack locations in
Danvers, Burlington, Boston, Framingham and Westwood, are not expected to be affected by the two closings.

The spokesperson told Patch the Peabody location will close on Jan. 31 and the Braintree location will close on March 8 with efforts made to relocate employees who wish to stay with the chain.

"Decisions like this are never easy and we understand the impact they have on our team members," the Nordstrom spokesperson said. "We're committed to taking care of our employees through this transition, which includes supporting those who are interested in finding another role within Nordstrom."

Simon Property Group said that DICK's Sporting Goods will move into space in both malls in 2026 with the Northshore Mall becoming the latest DICK's House of Sport location.

(Scott Souza is a Patch field editor covering Beverly, Danvers, Marblehead, Peabody, Salem and Swampscott. He can be reached at Scott.Souza@Patch.com. X/Twitter: @Scott_Souza.)