The Burlington Store in South Euclid employs about 75 people.
SOUTH EUCLID, Ohio -- Burlington Stores is opening its South Euclid store at 9:30 a.m. on Friday, April 7.
The 45,000-square-foot discount retailer will join five other chain stores at Oakwood Commons, 1960 Warrensville Center Road north of Cedar Road, including a Walmart Supercenter that replaced the Walmart store at next-door Cleveland Heights. The other stores are: Foot Locker, Great Clips, Penn Station, and Sally Beauty Supply.
"We are thrilled to open a new Burlington in the South Euclid community, bringing even more jobs to the neighborhood and providing local residents with a valued shopping experience," said Burlington Stores' President, CEO and Chairman Tom Kingsbury, in a written announcement first released last year.
The South Euclid store employs about 75 people. Burlington's website lists eight openings at the South Euclid store, and 125 openings at all 22 stores in Ohio.
Other Northeast Ohio stores include: Steelyard Commons in Cleveland, Canton, Cuyahoga Falls, Euclid, Macedonia, Mansfield, Mentor, Middleburg Heights, Niles, North Olmsted, and Sheffield Village.
The first 500 customers to stop by between 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, April 8, will receive a Burlington tote bag, as well as a chance to win a gift card. The store will also offer popcorn and children's activities.
The store will be open from 9:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. Sunday through Thursday, and from 9:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday.
To mark its grand opening, Burlington Gives Back, along with K.I.D.S./Fashion Delivers, is donating new merchandise to David's Challenge, a local nonprofit that provides young people in Cuyahoga County with transitional living programs and services to help them become self-sufficient, contributing members of their families and communities.
Burlington is also, via a partnership with DonorsChoose.org, donating $10,000 to Noble Elementary School, 1293 Ardoon St. in Cleveland Heights, to fund projects nominated by its teachers to help their students learn.
Burlington Stores Inc., which began as a wholesaler of ladies' coats and juniors' suits, opened its first outlet store in Burlington, New Jersey, in 1972.
Burlington sells dresses, suits, sportswear, juniors, accessories, menswear, shoes, and children's clothing, as well as baby furniture and accessories at Baby Depot, home decor and gifts, and coats at up to 65 percent off.
As of Jan. 28, the company has 592 stores in 45 states and Puerto Rico. Its shares trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol "BURL."
Burlington reported $5.6 billion in revenues for fiscal 2016. Net sales increased 9.2 percent, profits rose 43.5 percent to $215.9 million, or up 51.3 percent to $3.01 diluted net income per share. Comp-store sales increased 4.5 percent.
For the fourth quarter that ended Jan. 28, net sales rose 9.4 percent to $1.7 billion. Profits increased 27.1 percent to $125.6 million, or up 31.1 percent to $1.77 diluted net income per share. Sales at stores open at least a year rose 4.6 percent.