Incomplete list of announced closings and layoffs:
Alabama: After 56 years the Lyric Hotdogs & Grill shutdown. The property owner refused to renew the lease.
California: Taxsucker Boeing laid off another 105 jobs across the state! In San Jose, ObamaCare killed 35 jobs at the El Camino Hospital. In South Gate, baby furniture maker Kids Line shutdown, 50 jobs lost.
Florida: In Fort Walton Beach, Edwin Watts Golf Shops laid off 83 employees. In Sunrise, CoreLogic Services laid off 68 employees. In Tampa, Sweetbay Supermarkets shutdown, 346 jobs lost!
Indiana: Cord Camera shutdown another six stores. They once had 30 stores in Indiana and Ohio, now they just have two in Ohio. The owners blame smartphones! In Pekin, Fabri-Form shutdown, 37 jobs lost.
Kentucky: Floyd County Sheriff’s Department laid off seven employees. The payroll budget was cut in half.
Maine: The taxsucking Bangor International Airport warned of massive layoffs. Turns out the airport was making most of its money off U.S. military flights.
Minnesota: In Edina, Three Rooms boutique shutdown. The owners said they can’t compete anymore. After 14 years, scrapbooking chain store Archiver’s shutdown all 33 stores: “The economy has changed, our industry has changed and our customers’ needs have changed.”-company statement
New York: Cosmetics maker Revlon announced it will abandon its China operation, killing 1100 jobs! Revlon has even been buying up competitors to stop crashing sales, but it looks like the bad economy will also affect Revlon’s U.S. operations. In NYC, Park Avenue Café shutdown, 135 jobs lost! Bice Ristorante also shutdown, 66 jobs lost. Pastis Restaurant also shutdown, 200 jobs lost! In Forest Hills, the Ann Taylor clothing store shutdown. Employees said they were not told why. In Utica, popular Toma’s deli shutdown. The owners said the economy is so bad most of their regular customers stopped showing up. In Buffalo, Alcohol and Drug Dependency Services warned that it will shutdown due lack of funding. 53 jobs lost.
North Carolina: In Fort Bragg, Rite Aid pharmacy shutdown. The lease was not renewed.
Oregon: Taxsucking U.S. government contractor Evergreen International Airlines now bankrupt.
Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania Mentor laid off more than 200 people across the state! What housing market recovery? In Plymouth, after more than 100 years Fainberg’s Furniture shutdown: “We are directly impacted by the housing market. If people aren’t buying homes, they aren’t buying furniture either. People are just not getting the financing anymore.”-Jonathan Preston, manager
South Carolina: In Aiken, the Booklovers Bookstore shutdown their brick-n-mortar ops, switching to internet sales only.
Washington: In Bellingham, Mayberry Sporting Goods shutdown. The owner said sales have crashed and they want to get out before their debts pile up.
Washington DC: After 12 years the gift shop Pulp shutdown.
26-31 December 2013. Massive fuel refinery shutdowns!
The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) doesn’t count the hundreds of layoffs involving less than 50 people each, in its mass layoff reports. It also doesn’t count all the little ‘mom & pop’ businesses that shut down.
“Our ideals and principles, as well as our national security……..That’s what makes America different. That’s what makes us exceptional.”-Barack Obama, 10 September 2013