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Orvis to Close More Than 30 Stores Nationwide by 2026

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A rustic building with a shingled facade and stone columns displays two signs reading "Orvis." One sign is large and white above, and a green oval sign with "Orvis Hunting Traditions" hangs below.
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Another day, another tariff. As businesses across the country struggle with the weight of increased costs, popular outdoor chain Orvis has announced it will close over 30 locations by 2026. This includes most of the store’s outlet locations.

What Is Orvis?

A display inside an outdoor store features shirts, Yeti coolers and tumblers, plush fish toys, and a large sign advertising free Fly-Fishing 101 classes with an image of a couple fishing.
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Orvis specializes in outdoor equipment and sporting goods, though it stocks gear most heavily for fly-fishing and hunting. Home goods, clothing, and apparel are also available, with stores in nearly every state across the country and Canada.

How Many Stores Is Orvis Closing?

A storefront with large glass windows displays the name "Orvis" above the entrance. A palm tree and streetlamp are visible outside, and fishing gear and mannequins can be seen inside.
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Orvis will be closing 31 stores and five outlets, the retailer told USA Today. In addition to the closures, the chain will also reduce the number of items that it sells.

Why Is Orvis Closing So Many Stores?

A table with a bag and fishing tackle
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Simon Perkins, president of Orvis, cited the “unprecedented tariff landscape” to USA Today as the primary reason for the closures. This news comes amid dozens of other stories about the strain tariffs have placed on businesses in the United States.

How Many Stores Does Orvis Currently Have?

People walk past the glass storefront of Orvis, an outdoor retail store, with large signage and product displays visible inside. A few pedestrians and a parked car are on the street in front.
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The chain currently operates over 70 locations, in addition to seven outlets, meaning that after the closures, only about half the locations and two outlets will remain open.

Future Plans for Orvis

A wooden display case filled with various fishing flies is in the center of an outdoor store, with fishing rods lined up along the wall and a nature mural of mountains and a lake in the background.
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As a refresh next to the closures, Orvis will rework what it sells in-store. Perkins told USA Today the store would be “entering an exciting new chapter by returning to our roots and sharpening our focus on the pursuits at the heart of our heritage: fly fishing and wingshooting.”

Birds and fish beware.

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