Twenty more Sears stores to close- Joplin store not on list

The number of Sears store closings has climbed to 265 with the announcement Thursday to employees that 20 more stores have been added to the list.

The list does not include the Sears store at Northpark Mall in Joplin.

This is the fourth round of closings that have been announced in 2017.

With the closings, the number of Sears stores in the United States has dropped from 2,073 to 1,180 in the last five years.