Talbots Store Closing at Providence Place Mall

Talbots Store Closing at Providence Place Mall

Providence Place Mall is losing another longstanding tenant as Talbots is closing.

The women’s retailer announced the closing in an email to customers on Monday.

The company continues to operate stores at Garden City in Cranston, Barrington, and Newport.

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WWD wrote about the longstanding retailer in September, “In this age of consolidation, downsizing and mergers and acquisitions, Talbots’ 75th anniversary carries some weight.

In 1947, Nancy Talbot started the company and unveiled the first store in Hingham, Massachusetts. The following year she and her husband, Rudy, moved into a house with a red door, which would become the retailer’s signature. By the ’50s, Talbots was known as ‘The Store with the Red Door.’”

The closure is just the latest blow for Providence Place Mall, which has lost major tenants and a number of high-profile stores.