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Crafts retailer Joann will close all remaining stores by the end of the week.

A spokesperson for GA Group, which took control of Joann after it filed for bankruptcy protection in January, confirmed to FOX Business on Wednesday that Joann locations still currently open will shut their doors by the end of May. The number of Joann locations closing by May 31 totals over 440. Others have already shuttered, the spokesperson said. 

After gaining control, GA Group started "going-out-of-business" sales at all Joann stores as it started winding down the retailer's operations.

A "Store Closing" sign displayed outside a Joann store in Savannah, Georgia, US, on Saturday, April 12, 2025. Wall Street economists maintained their forecasts for a sharp slowdown in US economic growth and warned recession risk is still elevated despite the Trump administration's decision this week to delay major tariffs on a wide range of trading partners. Photographer: Parker Puls/Bloomberg via Getty Images

A "store closing" sign displayed outside a Joann store in Savannah, Georgia, on April 12, 2025. (Parker Puls/Bloomberg via Getty Images / Getty Images)

GA Group’s Tim Shilling said at the time that its priority was to "ensure an orderly wind-down of the retailer’s operations while providing customers with exceptional savings on their favorite crafting and home decor products." 

Customer in Joanns store

The number of Joann locations closing by May 31 totals more than 440, while others have already shuttered. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images / Getty Images)

The company has been conducting closing sales at Joann locations since early March, with Joann's website on Wednesday showing the stores are offering 70%-90% discounts on products.

Ahead of the remaining store closures, customers can only buy merchandise from Joann at physical locations. It stopped taking gift cards in late February. 

The closures were earlier reported by USA Today. 

Joann Illinois store in 2018

Customers can only buy merchandise from Joann at physical locations. (Daniel Acker/Bloomberg via Getty Images / Getty Images)

The crafts retailer’s bankruptcy filing in mid-January marked its second in as many years.

Joann said in late February that it "made every possible effort to pursue a more favorable outcome that would keep the company in business." 

"We deeply appreciate our dedicated Team Members, our customers and communities across the nation for their unwavering support for more than 80 years," it said.