After 20 years, national fashion chain will close Kansas City location. Sales underway

Express Inc., the fashion retailer that last week announced it had filed for bankruptcy , will close one of its Kansas City locations later this year.

The store is at 7120 N.W. 86th Terrace, in Zona Rosa, the mixed-use shopping center near Interstate 29 and Barry Road in the Northland.

A sales associate told The Star on Monday that they would be closing sometime around early- to mid-June. A clearance sale is already underway, with men’s and women’s clothes 30% and 50% off.

The Zona Rosa location, which opened in 2004, is one of 95 stores Express has said it will close.

The chain hasn’t announced any plans to close its other metro-area stores at Oak Park Mall, the Country Club Plaza, or the Legends Outlets Kansas City.

Founded in 1980, Express has struggled in recent years to compete with fast-fashion upstarts like Zara and adapt to the post-pandemic shift away from office wear to more casual attire. The mall-era stalwart has said it plans to sell to a new ownership group that includes WHP Global, Brookfield Properties and Simon Property Group.