Store Manager
About the job
- At least 5 years of retail management experience in a Big Box or Specialty environment.
- Must be able to work a flexible schedule, including early mornings, nights, weekends, and holidays as required.
- Ability to lift and move boxes weighing up to 40 pounds.
- Experience using scheduling and reporting computer software.
- Travel may be required from time to time.
- Manage all store operations tasks to maximize sales results and ensure the successful execution of day-to-day merchandising, operations, and service management tasks.
- Mentor, role-model, and coach team members while demonstrating excellent customer service and professionalism.
- Directly manage and oversee Assistant Managers, Supervisors, and Store Associates to ensure implementation of company policies, standards, expectations, and initiatives.
- Ensure Assistant Managers and store team members fulfill their individual responsibilities.
- Partner with the Assistant Store Manager for Merchandising to coordinate merchandise placement, sales promotions, and pricing.
- Partner with the Assistant Store Manager for Operations to review receiving, transfers, debits and damages, returns-to-vendor paperwork, and chargeback paperwork for inventory accuracy.
- Act as Manager on Duty, lead by example, set the standard, and model Burlington standard operating procedures.
- Manage multi-million-dollar sales volume and expense budget, including associated reporting and record-keeping.
- Recruit, screen, and hire associates to meet store staffing needs.
- Facilitate onboarding and training for new associates, provide ongoing coaching, and implement structured learning and development activities for team members.
- Handle personnel and associate relations issues.
- Manage payroll budgets, workforce management, and scheduling.
- Facilitate communication and partnerships among the store team, district and regional management teams, and other company partners.
About the company
Burlington Stores offers brand-name clothing, home decor, and other goods at steep discounts through an off-price model. It buys excess inventory from manufacturers and other retailers and sells these items in its stores and online at reduced prices. The brand differentiates itself with a wide assortment, a loyalty program, gift cards, and a commitment to social responsibility and community initiatives. Its goal is to deliver substantial savings to budget-conscious shoppers while expanding reach across both physical stores and e-commerce, all while maintaining quality and value.
Company Size
10,001+
Company Stage
IPO
Headquarters
Greensboro, North Carolina
Founded
1923
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What believers are saying
- Q2 2026 revenue rose 11% to $3.0 billion; adjusted EPS beat 35%.
- Burlington plans roughly 115 net new stores in fiscal 2026, including Brooklyn and Idaho.
- The company will reinvest $55 million in tariff refunds into lower prices and traffic.
What critics are saying
- A September 2026 New Jersey class action alleges unpaid meal breaks nationwide.
- The Philadelphia headquarters move starts no earlier than late 2028, risking executive distraction and churn.
- TJX and Ross outscale Burlington; a sourcing misstep or traffic slump crushes margins quickly.
What makes Burlington Stores unique
- Burlington operated 1,287 stores in August 2026, scaling faster than peers.
- Its smaller store prototype targets high-traffic sites, reducing rent risk and boosting flexibility.
- A highly automated Buckeye, Arizona distribution center opens in 2028, sharpening replenishment speed.
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Health Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Life Insurance
Disability Insurance
Health Savings Account/Flexible Spending Account
Unlimited Paid Time Off
Flexible Work Hours
Remote Work Options
Paid Vacation
Paid Sick Leave
Paid Holidays
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20%Burlington opening 12 stores this month. See where. By Fernando Cervantes Jr., USA TODAY USA TODAY Network via Reuters Connect Updated October 9, 2026 11:16 PM Gift Article Looking for a new Burlington near you? You may be in luck. The off-price retailer is opening 12 stores across eight states in October, extending a growth streak that's already pushed Burlington past 1,000 locations across the United States, Washington, DC, and Puerto Rico. The latest round of openings follows 20 new stores that debuted in September and comes as Burlington continues investing in expansion, including a 2 million-square-foot distribution center under construction near Phoenix that's expected to open in 2028. Here is where Burlington is opening new stores this month. Where is Burlington opening new stores? Burlington lists 12 stores opening in October on its Grand Openings page: Opening Oct. 16 * Chandler, Arizona * Nogales, Arizona * Moscow, Idaho Opening Oct. 30 * Colton, California * Los Angeles * Porterville, California * Whittier, California * Augusta, Georgia * McHenry, Illinois * Rochester, New York * Philadelphia * Baytown, Texas Burlington opened 20 stores in September Before announcing its October openings, Burlington added 20 stores in September, including locations in California, Florida, Maryland, Michigan, New York, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and Wisconsin. The steady stream of openings highlights Burlington's continued focus on growing its brick-and-mortar locations as shoppers look for discounted apparel, home goods and accessories. Here's a look at where the retailer is headed next. * 324 E Meighan Blvd., Gadsden, Alabama * 840 W Paradise Dr., West Bend, Wisconsin * 66-26 Metropolitan Ave., Middle Village, New York * 921 S Brookhurst St., Anaheim, California * 923 N 14th St., Tampa, Florida * 2701 N Mall Dr. #103, Virginia Beach, Virginia * 13341 Hall Rd., Utica, Michigan * 2500 S Center St. Ste 375, Marshalltown, Iowa * 5671 Cir Dr E, Cicero, New York * E Expy 83 & Mile 1 1/2 E, Mercedes, Texas * 1600 Water St. Ste, B320, Laredo, Texas * 6203 Gosford Rd., Bakersfield, California * 1450 E Hatch Rd. B, Modesto, California * 5856 Brainerd Rd., Chattanooga, Tennessee * 24372 Rockfield Blvd., Lake Forest, California * 42 Whitten Rd. #1, Augusta, Maine * 8155 Brook Rd., Richmond, Virginia * 5557 Urbana Pike, Frederick, Maryland * 1290 Perry Ave., Big Rapids, Michigan * 54-23 Myrtle Ave. #300, Ridgewood, New York Fernando Cervantes Jr. is a trending news reporter for USA TODAY. Reach him at [email protected] and follow him on X @fern_cerv_. Reporting by Fernando Cervantes Jr., USA TODAY / USA TODAY USA TODAY Network via Reuters Connect This story was originally published October 9, 2026 at 10:58 PM.
Burlington's new Brooklyn lease fits an expansion story, not the closure story some coverage has attached to it. Burlington signed 31,717 square feet at Steiner NYC's Admirals Row campus in the Brooklyn Navy Yard, a site with a genuinely contested historic-preservation backstory, but the retailer's own SEC filings show it adding stores by the hundreds, not closing 250 of them. By Sabastian Niles / Published: Oct 02 2026, 1:25 PM EDT Burlington Stores has signed a 31,717-square-foot lease at 25 Navy Street, bringing the off-price retailer to Steiner NYC's Admirals Row campus in the Brooklyn Navy Yard, with an opening planned for fall 2027. The vacant two-story building sits opposite New York City's first-ever Wegmans supermarket, part of an 8-acre mixed-use development that also includes CityMD, a Wells Fargo branch and liquor retailer Fresh Direct Wines and Spirits. Ripco Real Estate's Jason Pennington and Ben Weiner represented Steiner NYC in the deal, which carries a 10-year term with renewal options. "They're a fantastic off-price retailer," Doug Steiner said of the new tenant. The site itself carries a genuinely contested history worth understanding before treating this as a routine retail lease. Admirals Row's original structures, built between the 1860s and 1901, served as residences for Brooklyn Navy Yard officers until the yard closed in 1966; the houses sat vacated and decaying for decades afterward. Ownership transferred from the federal government to the Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation in 2012, and the row was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014 as part of the broader Brooklyn Navy Yard Historic District, a designation that carries far weaker protection than individual New York City Landmark status, which these specific buildings never received. That distinction is precisely what allowed Steiner, selected through an RFP process and granted a 96-year ground lease, to begin demolishing most of the row starting in 2016, a move Commercial Observer's own earlier reporting described as having "angered neighbors and preservationists" at the time. The demolition wasn't a single completed event: as of recent reporting, nine of the original ten houses have come down, with one house and a timber shed still standing on the site today. The campus Burlington is joining has grown substantially since that contested beginning. A November 2024 refinancing arranged by Walker & Dunlop put $148.5 million against the now 696,000-square-foot Admirals Row property, which includes more than 350,000 square feet of light industrial and creative manufacturing space master-leased to the Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation, alongside retail, a community facility and more than 700 parking spaces. Steiner has credited the project with bringing what he called thousands of new jobs and services to the surrounding community. It's necessary to correct a premise directly here rather than build on it. This lease has been framed in some coverage as fitting alongside a story about Burlington closing 250 stores nationally, a pairing meant to illustrate a retailer simultaneously pruning weak locations while expanding into strong ones. Independent verification does not support that premise: the 250-store closure figure actually describes Starbucks' recent North American closure announcement, not Burlington's. Burlington's own SEC filings show the opposite trajectory entirely. The company's store count grew from 1,212 as of January 31, 2026, to 1,242 by May 2, 2026. In fiscal 2025, Burlington opened 131 new stores, including 18 relocations, against just nine closures, excluding those relocations, a closure figure nowhere near the scale the pairing implies. For fiscal 2026, the company plans approximately 110 net new store openings, and in September 2026 alone it opened 20 new stores across 12 states, putting it on track to exceed 100 net new openings for the year, with a stated longer-term target of operating more than 1,500 locations by the end of 2028. What's actually happening with Burlington's real estate strategy is better described as sustained, aggressive expansion paired with a genuine format shift, rather than any kind of retreat. CEO Michael O'Sullivan has steered the company toward smaller store footprints, with newer locations typically running around 18,000 square feet, a fraction of Burlington's historical big-box format, prioritizing well-located, higher-traffic sites over sprawling standalone stores. Against that backdrop, the 31,717-square-foot Admirals Row lease runs notably larger than Burlington's current small-format norm, suggesting the Brooklyn Navy Yard's specific retail context, anchored by a major grocery draw in Wegmans, justified a bigger-than-typical footprint for this particular location rather than reflecting any broader reversion to Burlington's older format strategy. The financial backdrop supporting this expansion is genuinely strong rather than defensive. Burlington's second-quarter fiscal 2026 results, reported August 27, beat adjusted earnings-per-share expectations by roughly 35%, and Bank of America Securities reiterated a buy rating with a $375 price target, citing the company's strategy of reinvesting tariff refunds into sharper pricing to drive traffic and market share gains. That fits a broader pattern across off-price retail generally: Burlington, alongside T.J. Maxx and Ross Dress for Less, continues gaining market share as a category, according to retail analyst Deborah Weinswig of Coresight Research, even as overall store closures rose industry-wide in the prior year. Taken together, the accurate story behind Burlington's Admirals Row lease isn't one of calculated triage between closing and expanding locations. It's a retailer currently outperforming financially, growing its total store count by the hundreds annually, and choosing to deploy a larger-than-typical footprint specifically at a well-anchored Brooklyn Navy Yard site where a major grocery draw and strong surrounding foot traffic made the bigger format worth the investment, all while refining its standard new-store format smaller elsewhere across its national pipeline. Join the Discussion EDITOR'S PICKS
New unique beauty shop opens in Ceres and other openings around town. Updated September 29, 2026 11:05 AM Gift Article Ceres residents have a handful of new shopping options, all opened in the last month. Most notable is a unique new beauty store with sought-after brand names and products. Leaning into Korean beauty and skincare, this store is the only one of its kind in the region. Luxa Beauty & Cosmetics opened Sept. 19 at 1420 E. Hatch Road. "Ceres is a beautiful town, and it doesn't have anything like this. This is a growing town with good people, and we wanted to offer something locally so that customers wouldn't have to go all the way to Modesto to shop," owner Bashar Mohsen said. With popular Korean beauty brands including Medicube, Biodance, Mixsoon, Abib and many others, the store also stocks cosmetics, fragrances, beauty tools and accessories. Mohsen said Luxa carries many brands not offered at big-box beauty stores like Sephora and Ulta. He said some standout products that have been popular are the TIRTIR cushion foundations, the Dr. Althea 345 Relief Cream, makeup from Rhode and fragrances from Match. Mohsen has a background in the beauty supply business and decided to open the store with a deep knowledge of popular brands and trending products. "Korean skincare is a trend, but it is popular because the products are very good and people love them," he said. He is often at the store, and he and his staff are very hands-on when making recommendations and listening to customer requests. Luxa Beauty & Cosmetics is open daily from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Just a few doors down, Burlington has opened at 1450 E. Hatch Road. Formerly known as Burlington Coat Factory, the store has pivoted from mostly outerwear to offer clothing, home decor, shoes, accessories and beauty products. The store opened Sept. 25 in the space formerly occupied by the 99 Cents Only store, which had been vacant since April 2024 after the chain filed for bankruptcy. This is the fifth Burlington store in Stanislaus County, joining two in Modesto and one each in Riverbank and Turlock. This is the first location in Ceres, and it is open 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and until midnight on Friday and Saturday. On Sept. 12, Bath & Body Works opened at 1633 E. Hatch Road in the shopping center anchored by Crunch Fitness, Grocery Outlet and Ross Dress For Less. Offering candles, body care, home fragrances, makeup and even laundry care, this is Ceres' first location of the national chain. This is now the fourth location in Stanislaus County, with other stores at Vintage Faire Mall in Modesto, Crossroads Shopping Center in Riverbank and Monte Vista Crossings in Turlock. The store is open 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday. If a full day of shopping happens to build an appetite, El Pollo Loco is now open in the space formerly occupied by KFC and A&W at 1467 Mitchell Road. Serving flame-grilled chicken, this is the first El Pollo Loco in Ceres and the fifth in Stanislaus County, with other locations in Turlock, Riverbank, and two in Modesto. The restaurant is open daily from 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. This story was originally published September 29, 2026 at 10:22 AM. The Modesto Bee Reporter Maria Luisa Figueroa covers the local economy, including trends in retail, employment and local spending. She is a Modesto native and attended San Francisco State University.
Burlington taking over shuttered Houston big box location. Burlington, which recently announced expansion plans, rounded up a prime retail real estate spot left vacant by recent corporate bankruptcies. The popular off-price department store is bringing a new location to Southwest Houston, taking over a Conn's HomeStore. The company is aiming for 115 new openings by 2028. Burlington has committed to a commercial renovation project located at 8201 S Gessner Drive at the Gessner Center. The 39,774-square-foot project involves the interior remodel of a massive retail box to convert the space into a new Burlington store. The project will bring the brand's signature treasure-hunt shopping experience, offering discounted apparel, home goods, and accessories, to the dense retail corridor near the Southwest Freeway. Construction on the new Houston Burlington store is scheduled to begin on February 1, 2027, with completion targeted for late summer, by August 6, 2027. * | Development
Burlington Stores McAllen: the best new location opened. * edward * Fashion * September 23, 2026 * 0 Comments Burlington Stores McAllen has officially opened its doors, bringing a fresh shopping experience to the local community. Customers can expect a variety of fashionable items at great prices. Overview of Burlington Stores. Burlington Stores has recently expanded its footprint with the grand opening of its latest location in McAllen, Texas, on October 2nd. This new store promises to offer a wide variety of products, catering to customers looking for quality at affordable prices. Located in a prime area, the Burlington Stores McAllen aims to serve both local residents and visitors alike. The store features: * A diverse range of clothing for men, women, and children * Home goods and décor items * Seasonal merchandise at discounted prices With its commitment to value and selection, Burlington is excited to become a staple in the McAllen community, providing shoppers with an enjoyable shopping experience. The new location is expected to attract many new customers eager to explore the offerings. What to expect at the new location. The new Burlington Stores McAllen location promises to deliver an exceptional shopping experience for residents and visitors alike. Here's what you can expect during your visit: * Wide Selection: The store features a diverse array of products, including clothing, home goods, and accessories at unbeatable prices. * Quality Brands: Shoppers can find top-tier brands and unique items, all offered at discounted rates. * Spacious Layout: The new location is designed for comfort, with spacious aisles and organized displays that make shopping efficient and enjoyable. * Friendly Staff: Expect helpful and knowledgeable employees ready to assist you with any queries or needs. * Community Engagement: Burlington plans to host events and promotions that engage the McAllen community. With so much to offer, the Burlington Stores McAllen location is set to become a favorite shopping destination. Community impact of Burlington in McAllen. The opening of Burlington Stores in McAllen is poised to make a significant impact on the local community. This new location is not only expected to create numerous job opportunities but also to enhance the shopping experience for residents. Local officials have expressed enthusiasm about the benefits that Burlington Stores McAllen brings, including: * Job Creation: The store will provide positions for various skill levels, supporting the local economy. * Affordable Shopping: Burlington aims to offer quality merchandise at competitive prices, making it a valuable addition for budget-conscious shoppers. * Community Engagement: The store plans to participate in local events and initiatives, strengthening ties with residents. Overall, the arrival of Burlington is welcomed as a positive development for McAllen, fostering growth and community cohesion. Burlington Stores McAllen is set to become a fashion destination for local shoppers, offering a wide range of styles to suit every taste. The new location features exclusive collections from popular brands, ensuring customers can find trendy apparel at affordable prices. Among the fashion trends available at Burlington are: * Seasonal Apparel: Stay stylish with the latest seasonal trends, including cozy sweaters and lightweight jackets. * Activewear: Find comfortable and fashionable activewear that is perfect for both workouts and casual outings. * Accessories: Complete your look with a variety of accessories like handbags, scarves, and jewelry. * Footwear: Discover a selection of shoes that blends comfort with style for any occasion. With its diverse offerings, Burlington Stores McAllen is positioned to cater to the fashion needs of the community. Grand opening event highlights. The grand opening event of Burlington Stores McAllen was a remarkable celebration that brought the community together. Shoppers eagerly lined up outside the new location, ready to explore the diverse range of products available. Key highlights of the event included: * Ribbon Cutting Ceremony: Local officials and store management participated in a ceremonial ribbon cutting, marking the official opening. * Exclusive Discounts: Attendees enjoyed special promotions, including significant discounts on popular merchandise. * Live Entertainment: The atmosphere was lively with music and performances, creating a festive vibe for families and friends. * Giveaways: Shoppers had the chance to win gift cards and Burlington merchandise, adding excitement to their visit. This event not only showcased the new Burlington Stores McAllen location but also strengthened community ties, inviting everyone to experience the latest fashion trends and bargains. Read the original.