SAN LEANDRO >> Walgreens and Bloomingdale’s revealed plans to slash jobs in the Bay Area, fresh layoffs that extend a rocky start to 2025 for the region’s retail sector.

So far this year, several retailers have disclosed decisions to reduce staffing and close locations in the Bay Area, according to reports the companies have sent to the state Employment Development Department.

In January, grocery stores Safeway and Draeger’s Supermarkets, department stores Macy’s and Kohl’s, and drug stores such as Rite Aid reported separate layoff decisions.

Walgreens and Bloomingdale’s are the latest retailers with plans to chop Bay Area jobs. Here are some of the details of the latest cuts affecting retail workers in the nine-county region, according to official notices sent to the EDD:

• Bloomingdale’s, an anchor of a mall at 845 Market St. in San Francisco, has decided to cut 164 jobs as part of the department store’s closure in the complex. The layoffs are due to occur on March 31.

• Walgreens at 1456 136th Ave. in San Leandro, a shutdown that eliminated 26 jobs. The layoffs are scheduled to occur on March 31.

Including San Leandro, Walgreens is closing stores in Los Angeles, the Central Valley cities of Reedley and Dinuba, and the Southern California cities of Whittier, Placentia, Orange and Stanton.

“After careful consideration, we have made the difficult decision to close eight Walgreens stores,” Walgreens stated in its WARN notice.

The Walgreens shutdowns will affect 149 jobs in California, according to WARN notices. Bloomingdale’s and Walgreens both said the cuts were permanent.

Some Walgreens employees could retain their positions after the shutdowns take place.

“We intend to redeploy the majority of our team members from the closures,” Marty Maloney, Walgreens director of media relations, wrote in an email to this news organization.