Pennsylvania’s 41 years old Granite Run Mall is now officially dead! Only the anchor and exterior stores are open, but news reports say all leases have expired which means they could walk away at any time. Those stores include Sears and Sears Auto Center, so get ready.
The Kinston Sears Hometown Store in the dying Vernon […] Continue Reading…
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Arizona: In Tucson, after eight years On a Roll Sushi restaurant shutdown. The landlord put the building up for sale and the restaurant owner is sure any new landlord will jack up his rent, so he’s getting out now as his lease is almost up.
California: The city of Eureka […] Continue Reading…
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Arizona: After two years the non-profit Tucson Reptile Rescue warns it will shutdown due to crashing donations and crashing adoptions of rescued pets.
California: Monterey based CTB/McGraw-Hill laid off at least 33 Ryan Ranch HQ employees, due to selling off ‘key assets’ to Minnesota’s Data Recognition Corporation. In Oakland, after 40 […] Continue Reading…
Disappearing Students Syndrome (DSS): A phrase created by me to describe a phenomenon taking place across the United States, affecting both privately and publicly funded schools, from Kindergarten all the way through University levels.
“The average cost of tuition and fees at a private, non-profit, four-year university this school year was $31,231—up sharply from $1,832 […] Continue Reading…
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Arizona: Phoenix based for-profit Apollo Education Group-University of Phoenix announced that 6-hundred additional employees across the U.S. will become jobless! This is on top of the previously announced 9-hundred! It’s blamed on crashing enrollment, or what I call Disappearing Students Syndrome. Mother Nature forcing parts of Bonita Canyon […] Continue Reading…
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California: More proof the internet is not to blame for brick-n-mortar shutdowns; Sunnyvale based rent-utility electronic payment service PayNearMe failed to raise the crowd funding they wanted and laid off an undisclosed number of employees. They also canceled their rent payment service located in Family Dollar stores.
Colorado: Meridian based […] Continue Reading…
Incomplete list of announced United States food supply shutdowns for the month of June, 2015: Many food suppliers/distributors are consolidating operations and killing jobs due to the collapsing grocery store and restaurant industries, as well as rising costs of food production, and spread of disease.
A recently published study in Mexico says H5N2 has been […] Continue Reading…
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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 […] Continue Reading…
Louisiana losing a franchised owned Sears Hometown in July. Like most franchise owners, the owner told local news that it wasn’t worth renewing the license with Sears Holdings.
Ohio losing a Sears Hometown Store in July. In this case, Sears Holdings decided to shut it down because they were not able to find anybody willing […] Continue Reading…
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“We have shifted one patient to Koraput district headquarters hospital as his condition deteriorated. Others are being treated in the villages by our mobile health units.”-Anand Kumar Padhi, Koraput health administrator
“Anthrax has been confirmed in a Grand Forks County beef cow. […] Continue Reading…