Incomplete list of publicly announced layoffs & shutdowns:

Arizona: In Scottsdale, after 19 years restaurant Los Olivos shutdown its Sonora Village Shopping Center, due to the new property owner.  The shopping center was sold for $2-million USD, and the new owner signed a new lease with an as yet undisclosed tenant to move into the Los Olivos space.

California: Mountain View based software company Intuit eliminated 399 jobs!  Is it connected to its recent takeover of Brazil based ZeroPaper?  In San Francisco, after three years 4505 Meats Butcher Shop shutting down in July, it’s blamed on problems with the company’s commissary kitchen which directly impacts the butcher shop.

Florida:  Walmart announced it will temporarily re-open its shuttered store 3436 (in Brandon, shutdown under the guise of “plumbing problems” along with half dozen other stores across the U.S.), but only for the Xmas season.  Administrators claim they’ve made the necessary repairs and admitted their Brandon had the highest number of customer complaints about the toilets.  But the real reason for the shutdown was that Walmart created a 4,000 square feet booze store inside the building.  You know the economy is bad when Walmart starts selling hard-drinks.  Even the rich are cutting back on spending!  Upscale grocer Epicure Gourmet Market & Cafe shutdown its one and a half years old Coral Gables store.  Local news said employees reported that maybe 50 customers visit the store per day.

Illinois: Canadian retail analysts say the writing is on the wall for Hoffman Estates based Sears Holdings: “The next seven quarters are ‘make it or break it’ for Sears Canada. Our current view is that an operating turnaround is improbable.”-Keith Howlett, Desjardins

Louisiana: Oil giant Chevron confirmed it is shutting down its Lafayette office by the end of 2016, at least 3-hundred jobs affected!  This shutdown is an indicator of how long the petroleum industry expects the relatively low oil prices (they’re still not as low as when I first learned to drive, and the oil companies were making big profits then!) to last.  Laplace Sears Hometown Store shutting down in July after the franchise owner told local news that it wasn’t worth renewing the license with Sears Holdings.

Main: In Bath, after 57 years Gilmore Seafood shutting down at the beginning of July.  The owner said he was made an offer he couldn’t refuse by a property developer, allowing him to retire.

Massachusetts: In Waltham, after five years Active Paws pet store shutdown, the owners say they will focus on pet sitting instead.  In Norwood, after 49 years Terry’s Bridal Shop shutdown.

Minnesota: HVAC maker Nortek-Mammoth announced they will layoff 64 people at their Eden Prairie HQ in July.

Missouri:  HVAC maker Nortek-Nordyne shutdown their Boonville factory, at least 240 jobs lost!  Nordyne shutdown their Poplar Bluff factory in 2014, 5-hundred jobs lost!  News reports say at one time both HVAC factories employed more than 7-hundred people!  The company moved production to Mexico!  Nortek-Mammoth shutting down their Springfield factory.  The Saint Louis Post-Dispatch laid off eight employees.  The newspaper is apparently also asking for voluntary resignations.

New York: Proof the internet is not killing brick-n-mortar stores; NYC based Barnes & Noble booksellers revealed that not only are their brick-n-mortar store sales crashing, but so are their internet store sales including a 40% crash in Nook sales!

North Dakota: The Obama regime’s Army Corps of Engineers shutdown the Jamestown shooting range, claiming people are shooting into nearby buildings and signs.  The local United Sportsman are pissed because they spent their own time and money maintaining the shooting range.  Local cops are pissed as well: “It’s huge! It leaves us with no place to train!”-Scott Edinger, Jamestown Police Chief

Ohio: Tiffin Sears Hometown Store shutting down in July, after Sears Holdings admitted they had failed to find a new franchise owner.  Local news reports say the store had two previous owners who quit because it wasn’t worth it.

Pennsylvania: In Harvey’s Lake, after 78 years the town’s last general store, Javers Store, shutdown.  The owners sold the property to help fund their retirement.  In Philadelphia, Joe Varalli’s Italian seafood restaurant shutdown by property developers.  Perch Pub shutting down in Spring 2016, due to property developers.  Mama Angelina’s Pizza also shutting down.  The building that houses all those eateries was sold to property developers who want to tear it down.   Simply Shabu Chinese hot pot restaurant shutdown, fans blamed its location.  The Wawa sandwich joint & fuel station shutdown their 11th and Arch Street store due to “circumstances beyond our control”.

Rhode Island: Providence based Heating Ventilation & Air Conditioner maker Nortek shutting down its Mammoth HVAC factory in Saskatoon, Canada.  Nortek owns/controls several smaller HVAC companies throughout North America, and is moving/consolidating operations to Oregon,  Quebec (Canada) and Mexico.  ObamaCare vampires forcing non-profit Rhode Island Blood Center to layoff 60 people.  Administrators say changes caused by ‘health care reform’ will increase their costs of testing for blood-borne disease by at least $2-million per year!

Texas: After ten years Yum Yum Cha Cafe shutdown in Houston because of the greedy landlord.  After 24 years Martin’s Berry Patch shutdown: “It’s just gotten to be too much work and me and my wife’s health hasn’t been too good. I’m really going to miss the people. Berry pickers are the best people out there.”-Jack Martin

Virginia: In Charlottesville, after 40 years spiritual Quest Bookshop shutdown without warning.  The owner said she tried to sell the building for years but “No one wanted to take it over…” 

26 June 2015: Walmart charges manufacturers for the ‘privilege’ of selling their products! 

WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification

The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) no longer issues mass layoff reports: “On March 1, 2013, President Obama ordered into effect the across-the- board spending cuts (commonly referred to as sequestration) required by the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act, as amended. Under the order, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) must cut its current budget by more than $30 million, 5 percent of the current 2013 appropriation, by September 30, 2013. In order to help achieve these savings and protect core programs, the BLS will eliminate two programs, including Mass Layoff Statistics, and all ‘measuring green jobs’ products. This news release is the final publication of monthly mass layoff survey data.”