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=== American operations === Muji entered the US market in 2002; its products were stocked at [[Museum of Modern Art|MOMA]], New York.<ref name=":2" /> Muji opened its first American store on November 16, 2007, in [[SoHo, Manhattan]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://info.muji.us/2007/10/25/muji-soho-the-first-muji-store-in-the-us-opens-at-1200-noon-on-november-16-2007/|title=Muji Soho, the first Muji store in the US, opens at 12:00 noon on November 16, 2007}}</ref> In 2008, it opened two more stores in Manhattan: one in [[Times Square]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Muji opens US flagship store in the New York Times Building |url=https://info.muji.us/2008/05/21/muji-opens-us-flagship-store-in-the-new-york-times-building-at-1200-pm-noon-on-friday-may-30-2008/}}</ref> and one in [[Chelsea, Manhattan|Chelsea]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Muji opens Chelsea store at 1:00 pm on Friday, November 28, 2008 |url=https://info.muji.us/2008/11/19/muji-opens-chelsea-store/}}</ref> On November 30, 2012, it opened its first store on the West Coast in [[South of Market, San Francisco]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Muji will open its first store on the West Coast on November 30, 2012 at SoMa in San Francisco|url=https://info.muji.us/2012/11/14/muji-will-open-its-first-store-on-the-west-coast-on-november-30-2012-at-soma-in-san-francisco/}}</ref> The San Francisco store, the Hollywood store, and the Santa Monica store are now permanently closed. In [[New York City]], Muji supplies products to a design store at the [[Museum of Modern Art]] and maintains a flagship store.<ref name="slate" /> {{As of|2023|07}}, there were 7 stores in Manhattan, one in Boston, one in Portland, and another location in [[Williamsburg, Brooklyn]].<ref name="MujiUSA">{{cite web|title=Store Info {{!}} MUJI USA|url=http://info.muji.us/store-info/|website=info.muji.us|access-date=2017-04-05}}</ref> A small branch previously operated at [[JFK International Airport]].<ref name="MujiUSA" /> In July 2020, Muji USA filed for [[Chapter 11 bankruptcy]], citing shutdowns from the [[COVID-19 pandemic in the United States|COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Muji USA files for bankruptcy, citing coronavirus shutdowns |url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/07/10/business/corporate-business/muji-u-s-files-bankruptcy-citing-pandemic-shutdowns/ |website=The Japan Times|date=10 July 2020 }}</ref>
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