Sears Holdings claims they are hiring 1-hundred people, but not for any Kmart or Sears retail stores. It’s for a Sears call center in Alabama. The expectation is that as Lampert shuts down more and more brick-n-mortar stores shoppers will be forced to buy their crap from Sears over the internet.
Sears Holdings revealed yet another […] Continue Reading…
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More proof the internet is not recession proof: New York and California based StumbleUpon is out of money and laying off 70 of its 1-hundred employees! The problem with major internet operations is that they are 100% debt financed, and rarely do they make enough money from […] Continue Reading…
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California: In Redlands, after ten years Treasures Antiques shutdown. Albertsons-Safeway issued yet another layoff WARN for Pleasanton, this time 37 people to be unemployed in September. ObamaCare forcing nursing home operator Hank Fisher Properties to layoff 242 people between September and December! ObamaCare forced Abbott Vascular to layoff 244 […] Continue Reading…
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California: In San Jose, after ten years “ultra lounge” Fahrenheit shutdown. The operator blames the property owner for jacking up the rent, saying the cost to do business in San Jose is “on a more rapid upswing”.
Kentucky: In Louisville, after five years Hillbilly Tea shutdown without warning.
Louisiana: After promising […] Continue Reading…
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“…discretion has been exercised to favor the hospital where the physician was employed. After St. Luke’s purchased five specialty practices, ‘their business at Saint Alphonsus Boise dropped dramatically…the amount of business that they did at St. Luke’s facilities increased dramatically.'”- B. Lynn […] Continue Reading…
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Money manager at Janus Capital Group, Bill Gross, warned of coming Depression using code: “…dangerously close to deflationary growth.”
California: In San Francisco’s South Park, Jeremys department store shutdown. The owners blame a bad mix of technology and demographics: “We found that the technology demographic doesn’t really shop […] Continue Reading…
Incomplete list of hobby shop shutdowns.
California: After 67 years a hobby shop I loved to check out whenever I was forced to visit my child hating Oma, Dave’s Hobby Central, in Santa Barbara closed down: “It is with deep regret and a heavy heart that I must to tell you that today we have closed the […] Continue Reading…
In New Jersey, upset shoppers are actually calling for the shutdown of the Vineland Sears because it “…is becoming a disgrace. When one enters from the north entrance, it makes one think that he or she is in a slum area.” It’s more proof that ‘shoppers’ don’t give a rat’s ass about retail employees. […] Continue Reading…
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California: In San Jose, mom & pop Paolo’s Italian restaurant shutdown by the landlord. The property owner is getting more money by turning the location into a cafeteria.
Florida: After 42 years the Wine & Cheese Gallery shutdown, their letter implied there was too much competition compared to […] Continue Reading…