In Idaho, and with almost no notice, Boise based Honk’s $1.00 filed chapter 11 bankruptcy around 16 January 2013. However, and despite what Boise media reported, they started closing down stores weeks earlier, like the one in Pocatello. It’s reported that the dollar store corporation just can’t sell enough of the crap they have, and in Utah they owe tens of thousands of dollars in unpaid sales taxes and rent!
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- And across the street from Hollywood Video, this used to be a fabric store in Pocatello. Now one half is a research center and the other half is still vacant.
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- Empty for years now, the Pocatello Hollywood Video store. It’s occasionally rented out to temporary Halloween supply businesses.
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- Empty Gottschalks next door to the now empty Honk’s $1.00. This Pocatello store has been vacated for several years now.
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- Honk’s $1.00 Store in Pocatello, Idaho. Vacated on 03 January 2013.
A Minnesota steel frame manufacturer will layoff 17 employees. Crenlo blames the bad economy.
The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services is consolidating 13 offices. State officials claim the move will save $2 million per year, and they will somehow not lay off any affected employee. Famous last words.
Ohio’s Bowling Green State University will layoff 100 of its employees by Fall 2013! University officials gave no explanation as to why so many people will be let go.
Another college feeling the pinch. University of Hartford, in Connecticut, will layoff more than a dozen employees to try and keep their tuition costs for students down. Work hours for some other employees will be reduced.
The Long Beach City College to layoff 18 employees. They laid off employees last year as well. The California college is dealing with a $6.4 million USD deficit. College officials also cut programs that are ironically what U.S. manufacturers say are lacking in this country, such as aviation maintenance, welding, automotive technology, HAVC and diesel mechanics among others. A few weeks later the college president said “…at no time have I been more confident about our direction and ability to meet the demands before us.”-Eloy Oakley
The Build A Bear store in Santa Rosa, California, closing down. It’s part of the company’s plan to close down 60 stores across the United States over the next two years.
Also in Santa Rosa, a Gap Kids clothing store is closing down.
Women’s magazine publisher, Merideth, ended 60 jobs, mostly in New York, some in Iowa and other locations. The company says they are integrating operations. They publish Better Homes and Gardens, Parents, Fitness, and own Allrecipes.com, EveryDay with Rachael Ray and FamilyFun brands. The cuts come at a time when the company recently increased quarterly dividends to stockholders, by 6.5%.
New York Blower cut 12 people, blaming crashing sales.
By the end of March 250 contracted employees will be out-o-work at the Letterkenny Army Depot in Pennsylvania. Depot officials said most were short term contracts that are ending.
The Bottom Dollar Food stores in Montgomeryville and Chalfont, Pennsylvania, closing down. They’re owned by the same European company that is shutting down grocery stores in North Carolina, Florida and Virginia.
In Washington, reports say the “vast majority of Gas Powered Games‘ staff” were laid off. The video game maker spent all their cash on their last game, called Wildman. Company officials say they literally bet their company on its success or failure.
Also in the Evergreen State, the city of Spokane laid off two employees, and more could be in the works. Last year they eliminated 80 positions. They blame it on not enough revenue for the city.
Floyd Central Thriftway food store in Kentucky closing down. 20 employees out-o-work. Older customers liked their delivery service. The owner was talking about opening another store, but the reality was that sales kept going down and operating costs kept going up.