Sears & Kmart closing update, 07 April 2015: Lampert speeds up shutdowns! 254 stores going down?

“Ultimately, the liquidity provided by the REIT capital raise cannot address the underlying poor performance of its retail business, and our credit analysts believe that Sears will need to close hundreds of additional stores.”-JPMorgan Chase

“If its goal is to survive as a retailer, Sears will need to get better at selling the stuff on […] Continue Reading…

More Economic Decline: Notices posted in Post Offices as Zero Hour approaches fast for east Idaho’s only Postal Processing Center!

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Some east Idaho Post Offices have posted collection time changes (“Due to operational changes…”) for parcels and letters dropped off at their location.   The new collection times are 30 minutes earlier than normal and go into effect on 18 April […] Continue Reading…

U.S. Job Losses & Store Closings, 01 – 03 March 2015: “We weren’t expecting this at all!” More bad news from Target! Oil company blames ‘climate change’ for bankruptcy! New term for downsizing; “Accelerating Reduction Leverage”!

Incomplete list of publicly announced layoffs & shutdowns:

Bermuda based on-shore oil rig company Nabors Industries revealed they’ve killed off at least 35-hundred jobs in the United States!   While administrators told news media it was because of oil prices, CEO Anthony Petrello admitted to investors that the true reason is “They are shedding rigs based […] Continue Reading…

U.S. Food Crisis, March 2015: “…sales dropped off a cliff…” “We have ten days left.” More Great Depression survivors dying off! No more Jelly Belly? “It’s a gut wrencher!”

Incomplete list of announced United States food supply shutdowns for the month of March, 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.

Netherlands based grocery store chain Ahold announced it will shutdown support offices in Massachusetts […] Continue Reading…

Warren Buffett to kill off $1-billion worth of jobs, because he “likes them”! Welcome to Zero Based Budgeting, the wave of the future?

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“…these are brands that I like 30 plus years ago and I like them today, and I think I like them 30 years from now.”-Warren Buffett, after merging his Heinz with Kraft and then announcing $1-billion USD in job cuts

Yes, […] Continue Reading…

Sears & Kmart update, 25 March 2015: Proof Illinois taxpayers bailed out Sears! Sears Hometown gets remodeled! Property developer kills off Kmart replacement!

In 2014 there was word that a vacant Michigan Kmart would be replaced with a World of Beer store, not no more.

The News Herald reports that World of Beer has changed its mind about moving into the Woodhaven Kmart.  Local city administrators assume that World of Beer and the property owner couldn’t agree on […] Continue Reading…

U.S. Job Losses & Store Closings, 27 – 28 February 2015: “We have not been spared…” “…1,200 plus employees may not be getting a paycheck.” Obamacare at it again! More BS in the oil sector! Harassing A-hole debt collectors soon to join unemployment line!

Incomplete list of publicly announced layoffs & shutdowns:

An east coast health insurance company is killing jobs, no thanks to Obama Care.  Highmark laid off almost 1-hundred people in Pennsylvania, Delaware and West Virginia!  Administrators admit that since Obama Care went into effect they’ve actually lost customers, so much so that they have to make drastic cuts! […] Continue Reading…

Sears & Kmart closing update, 20 March 2015: New York rebuild center shutting down? Florida Kmart going down! Georgia Kmart going down, but Sears denies it!

In Longmont, Colorado, plans were unveiled for a Kmart property that’s been vacant for the past five years (before I started this shutdown list).  It sounds ‘racist’ to me but local city and retail administrators are calling it 11 acres of “Latino Marketplace”.  Plaza Medina will be the new name and will offer retail and […] Continue Reading…

U.S. Job Losses & Store Closings, 23 – 26 February 2015: “The shop was losing so much money…” “…a huge drop in sales…” “…the economy has dictated.” “…makes it financially impossible…”

Incomplete list of publicly announced layoffs & shutdowns:

California: Once again Boeing issued several WARNs, this time at least 94 people will be laid off by the end of April.  Due to the hostile take over by Cerberus Albertsons, Safeway issued several more WARNs saying at least 132 people will lose their jobs in Pleasanton […] Continue Reading…

More Economic Decline: Pathetic turnout for east Idaho Mayor’s last ditch effort to save Postal Processing Center!

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Only one city council seems concerned with the shutdown of east Idaho’s only mail sorting and processing center; Pocatello.  This is despite the fact the closure will affect all of eastern Idaho!

What’s worse it seems that even the residents of […] Continue Reading…

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