U.S. Army training puppet Ukrainian forces armed with Soviet designed BTR-80s, and U.S. designed HMMWVs ( High MobilityMultipurpose Wheeled Vehicle) armed with Dshk 12.7mm machine guns, 21 October 2016:
Puppet president of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko, meets with NATO leader Jens Stoltenberg, 20 October 2016:
More shutdowns in Canada, this time the Edmonton Sears in the Bonnie Doon Centre shutting down, 70 jobs lost by the end of January 2017. Also, the Sears department store at Dartmouth’s Penhorn Mall will shutdown, 73 jobs gone by September 2017.
“We came to the conclusion that at this time based off of what we have seen and what we have read with regards to the retailer that it would be best served for our company to suspend shipments to this retailer to minimize any risk going forward.”-Stephen Berman, CEO Jakks Pacific
Toy supplier Jakks Pacific says they will no longer make deliveries to Kmart due to the unpredictable management decisions of Eddie Lampert-Sears Holdings. Administrators of Jakks Pacific are basically scared they won’t be paid for their end of year holiday deliveries.
Months ago Eddie Lampert made the decision to sell-off Kenmore, Craftsman, and DieHard brands. News reports now indicate several hopeful buyers of the Craftsman brand have offered as much as $2-billion USD!
September 2016: 2,583 STORES UP FOR LEASE OR SALE!
WARN = Worker Adjustment Retraining Notification
Here’s the updated list of U.S. Sears-Kmart store closings that I’ve been compiling since the end of 2011, new revelations in BOLD:
Alabama: Sears offspring Seritage Growth Properties says the ‘Sears’ property in Cullman is shutting down. 27 Kmart & Sears properties made the new Sears Holdings Real Estate for sale or lease list! After 16 years the Troy Sears Hometown Store suddenly shutdown, the contracted owners said they couldn’t find anybody willing to take over the contract. Oxford Sears (local news reports said the Oxford Sears opened in 1985 with 225 employees!), Birmingham Kmart on Chalkville Mountain, Decatur Kmart on Beltline Road, Homewood Kmart, Mobile Kmart on Z Schillingers Road. The Montgomery Sears store and Auto Center in the Eastdale Mall shutting down, 56 jobs lost in June 2016. City leaders of Anniston have agreed to fork over $3-million precious local tax dollars to fund the re-development of an abandoned Kmart. Prattville Kmart will shutdown in April 2016, 70 jobs lost. Florence Kmart in March, 64 jobs lost in 2016. A local news report said the employees knew nothing about it and were shocked to hear it from the news media! Dothan Kmart (south side of Ross Clark Circle) shutting down in March, 56 jobs lost in 2016. Gadsden Kmart (50 jobs lost), Mobile Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Auburn Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Anniston Kmart (no word yet on how many jobs lost), Birmingham Eastwood Kmart (70 jobs lost), Decatur Mall Sears (91 jobs lost), Fort Payne Kmart, Northport Kmart (68 jobs lost), Dothan Sears (68 jobs lost), Huntsville Kmart (73 jobs lost), Sears Store and Auto Center at the Bel Air Mall in Mobile (more than 100 jobs lost).
Alaska: The Anchorage Sears Store & Auto Center, the Wasilla Sears Store, the Fairbanks Sears Store & Auto Center made the new Sears Holdings Real Estate for sale or lease list.
Arkansas: 17 Kmart & Sears properties made the new Sears Holdings Real Estate for sale or lease list. Sears store and Auto Center in Pine Bluff shutting down in August 2016. Little Rock Sears shutdown in July 2016.
Arizona: Sears offspring Seritage Growth Properties says a ‘Sears’ property in Sierra Vista is shutting down. 42 Sears & Kmart properties made the new Sears Holdings Real Estate for sale or lease list! Nogales Kmart shutdown by July 2016, despite the fact that it’s a profit making store (many of its cash paying customers cross the border from Mexico). The Prescott Valley Kmart shutdown April 2016. No word on how many jobs lost, but one employee was quoted by local news as saying “Walmart won.” Reports that the Glendale Kmart will shutdown, no word on job losses. Scottsdale Sears/Great Indoors, Chandler Sears/Great Indoors. Recently revealed Arrowhead Towne Center Sears sold-off then rented back! Chandler Fashion Center Sears sold-off then rented back!
California: A shutdown WARN issued for the Fontana Kmart, 133 jobs gone before Xmas! A shutdown WARN issued for a Los Angeles Kmart, 234 jobs gone right before Xmas! 233 Kmart & Sears properties made the new Sears Holdings Real Estate for sale or lease list!!! Sears Holdings shutdown a Los Angeles Kmart, 132 jobs lost in May 2016! Dinuba Kmart 68 jobs lost, Lodi Kmart, Tulare Kmart, Wasco Kmart. Sears Holdings created Seritage Growth Properties is renting out half of three Sears stores; one in Roseville, one in Citrus Heights and one in Sacramento. Supposedly Sears will continue its operations in the other half of the buildings. On 10 March the Garden Center roof of the Santa Rosa Kmart collapsed during a rain storm. Fire inspectors said the roof was already compromised due to dry rot before the rain storm, a local news reporter said managers knew about the condition of the roof because it was sagging, and they called in contractors. The contractors tried to prop up the roof before the rain storm hit. Anaheim Kmart shutdown, 107 jobs lost in 2016! The Chula Vista Kmart, San Mateo Sears and Citrus Heights Kmart shutdown between March and April 2016, a total of 3-hundred jobs lost! El Monte Sears (at least 40 jobs lost. Damien Arrula, El Monte’s economic development director, said the store manager had lied about what was going on: “The general manager of the store had just indicated to me that they were remodeling.”
Two San Diego Sears (more than 80 jobs lost), Pleasant Hill Kmart (more than 50 jobs lost), Torrance Kmart, Fairfield Kmart (63 jobs lost), Lampert owned OSH taken over by Lowe’s home improvement in bankruptcy court, at least 17 of 99 stores to be closed down (935 jobs lost!), Rancho Cordova Kmart (97 jobs lost), San Clemente Kmart/Sears/Kmart on Camino de Estrella (58 jobs lost), placed on an official hit list in 2011 the Oceanside Kmart on College Boulevard finally being shut down, Banning Kmart (91 jobs lost) recently revealed that Sears Holdings is still paying rent on the abandoned property, Laguna Hills Mall Sears, San Diego Mid-City Kmart (73 jobs lost), Hemet Kmart (77 jobs lost), Oakland Sears repair center (75 jobs lost), San Mateo Kmart (82 jobs lost to an apartment building connected to public transportation), Hesperia Kmart building sold at a loss to a vulture capitalist REIT, no word on if the Kmart will be shutdown. Customers complain that the Kmart employees have a bad attitude, gee I wonder why? Yuba City Kmart (63 jobs lost), Rocklin Kmart (at least 63 jobs lost, the store had just posted “Now Hiring” signs), San Leandro Kmart (102 jobs lost), San Jose Mercury News says the El Centro Kmart to shutdown in January, the website Foursquare says the Covina Kmart is now shutdown (other sources say it will shutdown in December), Cupertino Sears and Auto Center (98 jobs lost), somebody posted on yelp* that the Diamond Bar Kmart was shutting down in December (confirmed by Armijo Newspapers), Westfield Topanga Sears (122 jobs lost), it looks like the Blythe Kmart is being slowly shutdown despite denial by Sears Holdings. San Mateo Kmart being demolished to make room for 599 unit apartment complex, as part of the the Hayward Park Caltrain Station project. Atwater Kmart (74 jobs lost), Los Banos Kmart (67 jobs lost).
Colorado: Sears offspring Seritage Growth Properties says the ‘Sears’ property in Thornton is shutting down. 40 Kmart & Sears properties made the new Sears Holdings Real Estate for sale or lease list! Broomfield Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Glenwood Springs Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Lone Tree Sears/Great Indoors, Longmont Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Pueblos’ South Side Kmart (52 jobs lost), Denver Kmart (number of jobs lost have not been made public at this time, but could be at least 40), Colorado Springs Kmart at Powers and Palmer Park boulevards (57 jobs lost), Fort Collins Sears (67 jobs lost), Denver-Cherry Creek North Sears store & Auto Center (66 jobs lost).
Connecticut: Local news media pointed out that every remaining Sears and Kmart store in the state is on the new Sears Holdings Real Estate “opportunities” list! Putnam Kmart. Waterbury Big Kmart, Torrington Kmart (73 jobs lost), Enfield Sears Optical (no word on jobs lost), Wallingford Sears Appliance & Hardware (employees say the shutdown was a surprise, I guess they don’t read Blind Bat News), Wallingford Sears Appliance & Hardware (at least 13 jobs lost).
Delaware: Seven Sears & Kmart properties made the new Sears Holdings Real Estate for sale or lease list. Dover Kmart (at least 72 jobs lost, some reports said 100), Seaford Sears (30 jobs lost), Claymont Kmart (87 jobs lost).
Florida: 173 Kmart & Sears properties made the new Sears Holdings Real Estate for sale or lease list!! In Orlando, the 50 years old Fashion Square Mall Sears & Auto Center shutting down, 101 jobs lost by mid-November! Inverness Sears Hometown suddenly shutdown due to disagreements with the landlord. Jacksonville Sears. Mandarin (Jacksonville) Kmart, Neptune Beach Kmart and Perry Kmart shutting down between July-September. The Lutz Kmart shutdown March 2016, 62 jobs lost. The 46 years old Daytona Beach Kmart, on International Speedway Boulevard, is shutdown mid-March 2016, 86 jobs lost. Fernandina Beach Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Callaway Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Orange City Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Deland Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Stuart Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), West Palm Beach Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Port St. Lucie Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Crystal River Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), New Smyrna Beach Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Saint Augustine Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Pompano Beach Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Jacksonville Kmart on 5751 Beach Boulevard (71 jobs lost), second Kmart in Jacksonville on 4645 Blanding Boulevard (83 jobs lost), Ocoee Sears (102 jobs lost), Pensacola Kmart on Airport Boulevard closed in 2011, Pensacola Kmart on Mobile Highway closed in February 2013 (69 jobs lost), Pensacola Kmart on East 9 Mile Road will close in May (73 jobs lost), Hialeah Kmart (67 jobs lost), Bonita Springs Kmart (67 jobs lost), Mount Dora Kmart (100 jobs lost), Lake Mary Kmart, Panama City Beach Kmart (54 jobs lost), Winter Park Kmart (100 jobs lost), Niceville Kmart (59 jobs lost), Winter Haven Kmart (92 jobs lost), Palm Bay Kmart, Oakland Park Kmart (112 jobs lost), Clearwater Sears Auto Center (21 jobs lost), Zephyrhills Kmart (70 jobs lost), Winter Springs Kmart (69 jobs lost), Naples Kmart (72 jobs lost), New Port Richey Kmart (58 jobs lost), ‘redevelopment’ of Aventura Sears & Auto Center into an “open-air village” (unknown how many jobs affected), Kmart on Northeast 108 Street being annexed by Miami Shores, Sears Holdings threatens to shutdown Kmart as a result of higher local taxes. The property that’s home to an operating Kmart, on South Green Bay Road in Racine, was foreclosed by the local Sheriff and sold-off for $2.5-million, no word on what the new property owner will do with it. Fort Myers Kmart (67 jobs lost). Dicks Sportings Goods subleasing space in an existing Sears store in Palm Beach Gardens.
Georgia: Yet another Augusta Kmart shutting down, this time the one on Deans Bridge Road. 63 Sears & Kmart properties made the new Sears Holdings Real Estate for sale or lease list! The 23 years old Rome Kmart shutdown in August 2016, 1-hundred jobs lost! Administrators say employees can apply at other Sears Holdings stores, but local news reports say the Rome Kmart is the last Sears Holdings store in the area! The 37 years old Carrollton Kmart shutdown April 2016. Dublin Kmart shutdown in April 2016, 71 jobs lost. Milledgeville Kmart shutdown in April 2016, 60+ jobs lost. Mount Berry Square Mall (Rome) Sears and Auto Center shutting down in March 2016, 86 jobs lost. Macon Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Buford Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Douglasville Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Atlanta Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Columbus Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Jonesboro Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Cartersville Kmart (74 jobs lost), Hiram Kmart (53 jobs lost), Marietta-East Cobb Kmart, Warner Robins Kmart (77 jobs lost), Coweta County Kmart distribution center (164 jobs lost), one of the last two North Augusta Kmart to be torn down by new property owner from Canada, Sears Holdings denies the Kmart will shutdown.
Guam: Tamuning Kmart made the new Sears Holdings Real Estate for sale or lease list. Sears Hometown Store.
Hawaii: 14 Sears & Kmart properties made the new Sears Holdings Real Estate for sale or lease list. Iconic 25 years old Nimitz HWY Iwilei-Honolulu Kmart shutdown in March 2016, 141 jobs lost! Honolulu Sears (owned by GGP, 372 jobs lost! GGP spending $573-million chopping it up into smaller store spaces), Kauai Sears (41 jobs lost), Iwilei-Honolulu Kmart for lease (no confirmation of store closing).
Idaho: Lewiston Kmart, Boise Town Square Mall Sears Store & Auto Center, Boise Kmart Auto Center, the Nampa Kmart Store & Auto Center, the Coeur d’Alene Kmart and Sears Store & Auto Center, the Twin Falls Sears Store & Auto Center and Kmart, the Ammon Kmart, the Idaho Falls Sears Store & Auto Center, 
the abandoned but still owned by Sears Holdings Chubbuck (the“opportunities” listing incorrectly says Pocatello) Sears Store (esentially all remaining Sears & Kmarts in Idaho) made the new Sears Holdings Real Estate for sale or lease list! Boise Kmart on Fairview shutdown mid-March 2016, 56 jobs lost. Pocatello Kmart shutdown April 2016, 65 jobs lost. Lewiston Sears (at least 60 jobs lost), Rexburg Kmart (63 jobs lost), Chubbuck Pine Ridge Mall Sears shutdown by the end of October/beginning of November 2014 (the remaining 28 jobs lost).
Illinois: Sears Hardware in Edwardsville shutting down right before Thanksgiving, 21 jobs lost. A local TV station reported that Sears Hardware in Collinsville is shutting down, no comment from store management. Shutdown WARNs issued for Kmarts in Tinley Park and South Kedzie Avenue in Chicago, 275 jobs gone by Xmas! News reports out of Tinley say a total of six Kmarts will shutdown by Xmas! Sears offspring Seritage Growth Properties confirmed that two ‘Sears’ properties, in Chicago and Springfield, are shutting down. 116 Kmart & Sears properties made the new Sears Holdings Real Estate for sale or lease list!! An update for the abandoned Rock Island Kmart; the recently vacated property was ‘donated’ to Augustana College, but now college adminitrators are looking to sell the property to anybody foolish enough to buy it. The real reason the college is trying to dump the vacant Kmart is that the property tax is about $92-thousand per year, indicating the ‘donation’ was actually a screw-job (lets not forget that local news media pointed out that city officials spent $15-million tax dollars attracting Walmart to town, but spent zilch on trying to keep Kmart from leaving!). The Kmart Super Center in Bradley shutdown, 125 jobs lost! Sears Holdings sold the building to Meijer, unconfirmed reports say the Bradley Kmart Super Center (which has a full grocery op) was actually making money. After 90 years Chicago Sears on Lawrence Avenue shutting down by August 2016, local news says its the oldest Sears store still operating. The last Decatur Kmart shutting down by August 2016, 61 jobs lost, administrators say employees can apply at other Sears Holdings stores, but local news reports say there are no more Sears Holdings stores in the immediate area! Chicago Kmart on South Pulaski. Danville Kmart, Galesburg Kmart, Lansing Kmart, Pekin Kmart, Eddie Lampert eliminated 401 Hoffman Estates HQ jobs due to crappy 2015 holiday sales! 151 of those jobs were already vacant. Morton ‘green’ Kmart shutting down by the end of April 2016, 47 jobs lost. Canton Kmart shutting down mid-April 2016, 38 jobs lost. Alton Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Melrose Park Sears parts and repair center (50 jobs lost), Zion Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Oak Lawn Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), McHenry Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Peru Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Lombard Sears/Great Indoors (at least 40 jobs lost), Fairview Heights Kmart (81 jobs lost), Freeport Kmart (45 jobs lost), Pontiac Kmart (more than 47 jobs lost), Homer Glen Kmart (82 jobs lost), Streator Kmart (45 jobs lost), Lombard Kmart (70 jobs lost), Naperville Kmart (98 jobs lost), Calumet Sears (164 jobs lost), two Sears stores in Grand Crossing area of Chicago (247 jobs lost!), Mount Vernon Sears (68 jobs lost), Moline Sears (at least 60 jobs lost), Homewood Kmart (185 jobs lost), Belvidere Kmart (91 jobs lost?) revealed is now a perpetual closing sale Kmart At A Discount store, Champaign’s Market Place Mall Sears (56 jobs lost), Sterling Kmart (60 jobs lost), Montgomery Kmart (81 jobs lost), Mattoon Sears (more than 40 jobs lost), Chicago Sears on North State Street (160 jobs lost), Chicago Sears Craftsman Experience store, Galesburg Sears (46 jobs lost), White Lake Township Kmart (42 jobs lost), Orland Park Sears Appliance, Collinsville Kmart (84 jobs lost), Crystal Lake Kmart (at least 77 jobs lost), Danville Sears store & Auto Center (63 jobs lost), Forsyth Sears store & Auto Center (45 jobs lost), Peoria Kmart (73 jobs lost), Forest Park Kmart (107 jobs lost), Chicago Sears on North and Harlem avenues, supposedly it’s being replaced (most likely at taxpayer expense) with a new building and it will become a Sears-Mariano’s store, Bloomington Kmart (79 jobs lost), Hoffman Estates Headquarters 100 jobs eliminated, another 15 corporate jobs eliminated elsewhere, Chicago-Wicker Park Kmart (106 jobs lost), abandoned Market Place Mall Sears location to be occupied by Dick’s Sporting Goods and Field & Stream. 58 Chicago area stores up for lease or sale. North Mayfair Kmart (99 jobs lost), Chicago Kmart at 5033 North Elston Avenue (99 jobs lost). By the way, Illinois elected officials gave Sears Holdings/Hoffman Estates a $150 million USD tax break to keep their headquarters in the state. The tax break was not tied to any promise not to close stores.
Indiana: Sears offspring Seritage Growth Properties says the ‘Sears’ properties in Elkhart and Merrillville are shutting down. A WARN revealed that 99 Kmart employees in Merrillville will lose their jobs right before Xmas. 67 Kmart & Sears properties made the new Sears Holdings Real Estate for sale or lease list! Bloomington Kmart, New Albany Kmart. Bloomington’s College Mall Sears & Auto Center shutdown mid-June 2016, at least 52 jobs lost. In Schererville, Sears Hardware shutdown in April 2016. Terre Haute Kmart April 2016, 62 jobs lost. Anderson Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Saint John Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Indianapolis Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Richmond Sears (49 jobs lost), South Anthony Kmart (70 jobs lost), Fort Wayne Kmart on South Anthony Boulevard (70 jobs lost), FairOaks Mall Kmart, Logansport Sears (43 jobs lost), Muncie Kmart (59 jobs lost), Fort Wayne Kmart on Coliseum Boulevard North (69 jobs lost), Decatur Kmart (49 jobs lost), Indianapolis Kmart on Madison Avenue (131 jobs lost), Indianapolis Kmart on Washington Street (139 jobs lost), Bedford Kmart (62 jobs lost), Indianapolis (Evansville) Sears & Auto Center at Washington Square Mall (91 jobs lost), Greenwood Kmart (78 jobs lost), Plymouth Kmart (68 jobs lost), Bloomington Sears to be replaced by Whole Foods grocery store.
Iowa: 22 Kmart & Sears properties made the new Sears Holdings Real Estate for sale or lease list! Des Moines Southridge Mall Sears shutting down by August 2016, the store was in the process of dying anyway, only 37 employees left. Sears Holdings shutdown their West Des Moines call center in June 2016, 162 jobs lost! Ottumwa Kmart shutdown April 2016, 38 jobs lost. Cedar Rapids Kmart on 16th Ave (at least 40 jobs lost), Davenport Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Burlington Kmart (50 jobs lost), Coralville Sears (94 jobs lost, this is a store sold to GGP earlier in the year), Cedar Rapids Kmart on Collins Road NE (56 jobs lost), Mason City Kmart (50 jobs lost), Clive Kmart (at least 49 jobs lost), Ames Kmart (44 jobs lost), Fort Dodge Sears (no job loss numbers made public, yet. The Auto Center was secretly shutdown in September), 56 years old Mason City Sears & Auto Center (more than 100 jobs lost). Davenport Kmart (59 jobs lost), Belvidere Kmart (67 jobs lost).
Kansas: 18 Sears & Kmart properties made the new Sears Holdings Real Estate for sale or lease list. In El Dorado, a contracted Sears store suddenly shutdown due to Sears Holdings continually changing the contract: “We had a contract that we had to follow to a ‘T’ while they changed it at will. They changed our commission bonuses and percentages and that hurt us.”-Russ Christy, contracted Sears store operator
Hutchison Kmart. North Topeka Kmart shutting down in 2016, 49 jobs lost. Lawrence Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Merriam Kmart-then Sears-then Kmart (jobs lost unknown), Wichita Sears store & Auto Center (103 jobs lost), Manhattan Sears & Auto Center (number of jobs lost were never revealed).
Kentucky: Pikeville Kmart shutting down right before Xmas. 31 Kmart & Sears properties made the new Sears Holdings Real Estate for sale or lease list! Two Kmarts in Louisville. Elizabethtown Kmart, Maysville Kmart, Paintsville Kmart. Middlesboro Sears (in September 2012 the Sears store re-opened under independent ownership, official grand re-opening scheduled for November), Winchester Kmart, Hazard Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Lexington Fayette Mall Sears (114 jobs lost!), Newport Kmart (81 jobs lost), Cannonsburg Sears and Sears Auto Center (no employee info given), Louisville Dixie Highway Kmart/Sears/Kmart shutdown and now being taken over by Kroger basically to sell the same crap the old Kmart did! Madisonville Kmart (39 jobs lost), Owensboro Sears store & Auto Center (52 jobs lost).
Louisiana: Sears offspring Seritage Growth Properties says the ‘Sears’ properties in Houma and New Iberia are shutting down. 36 Sears & Kmart properties made the new Sears Holdings Real Estate for sale or lease list! The Bossier Kmart shutting down by August 2016. Houma Sears, Pineville Kmart. Slidell Sears (77 job lost), Gretna Kmart (94 jobs lost), Metairie Kmart secretly sold off, no word if it will be shutdown, Laplace Sears Hometown Store.
Maine: 13 Sears & Kmart properties made the new Sears Holdings Real Estate for sale or lease list. Presque Isle Aroostook Centre Mall Kmart shutting down by August 2016, more than 50 jobs lost. Lewiston Sears (60 to 70 jobs lost), Presque Isle Aroostook Centre Mall Sears (63 jobs lost), Aroostook Centre Mall Sears Auto Center leased out to VIP Tires & Service.
Maryland: 54 Kmart & Sears properties made the new Sears Holdings Real Estate for sale or lease list! Ellicott Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Gaithersburg Sears/Great Indoors, Landover Sears rebuild & call center (115 jobs lost), Baltimore Kmart on Wabash Avenue (107 jobs lost), Parkville Kmart (102 jobs lost), California Kmart (71 jobs lost), Sears Hometown Store in Perryville.
Massachusetts: 64 Kmart & Sears properties made the new Sears Holdings Real Estate for sale or lease list! Tewksbury Kmart. Fairhaven Sears Appliance & Hardware shutdown mid-April 2016. Local news reports said the ignorant employees actually thought the shutdown notice was a joke! I guess they don’t read Blind Bat News. 79 jobs lost as the Fall River Kmart shutdown in May 2016. North Reading Sears Hardware store closed, lease not renewed, Milford Kmart (80 jobs lost), Kingston Kmart (73 jobs lost). Braintree Kmart on Grossman Drive shutdown. Also, the Braintree South Shore Plaza Sears store is renting out an entire floor to Ireland based Primark. Even with the lease to Primark there is still 4-thousand square feet of vacant space in the Sears store. The Sears at the Auburn Mall shutdown on Black Friday due to electrical fire. The store was experiencing electrical problems, an investigation is underway.
Michigan: Sears offspring Seritage Growth Properties says the ‘Sears’ properties in Alpena, Manistee and Sault Saint Marie are shutting down. WARNs filed with the state revealed that on top of the Seritage Growth shutdowns the Kmarts in Jackson, Grand Rapids, Byron Center and Fenton will also shutdown. A total of 390 Kmart jobs will be killed right before Xmas! 113 Sears and Kmart properties made the new Sears Holdings Real Estate for sale or lease list!! The Holland Sears Appliance & Hardware shutdown, the manager of the francise store refused to say why. Plymouth Township Super Kmart shutting down by November 2017 (that’s when the lease expires). According to Plymouth’s Planning Commission, Sears Holdings is selling the property to a developer. A Kmart on Groesbeck Highway, Clinton Township, shutting down, 82 jobs lost by October 2016. The Farmington Hills Kmart shutting down by mid-July 2016, 61 jobs lost. Midland Sears, Houghton Lake Kmart, Taylor Kmart. The Bradley Kmart has a new owner who is shutting it down in 2016. Retailer Meijer bought the Kmart property for $5-million USD. The Kmart shutdown in May, but the new Meijer store won’t be ready until 2018. The Sears and Auto Center in Fort Gratiot shutdown by mid-March, 48 jobs lost. Ironwood Kmart by mid-April, 47 jobs lost. Sears/Great Indoors, Brighton Sears Grand/Essentials, Harper Woods Sears Full line, Monroe Sears Full line, Adrian Sears Full line, Washington Township Kmart, Chesterfield Kmart, Woodhaven Kmart, Saginaw Kmart on Bay Road, Flint Kmart on Dort Highway (46 jobs lost), Gaylord Kmart (48 jobs lost), Sterling Kmart (58 jobs lost), Bloomfield Township Kmart and Sears, Bad Axe Kmart (61 jobs lost), Ypsilanti Township Kmart (83 jobs lost), Petoskey Kmart (45 jobs lost), Saint John’s Kmart (48 jobs lost), White Lake Township “Store of the Future” Kmart (42 jobs lost), Grand Blanc Kmart (49 jobs lost), Lapeer Kmart (56 jobs lost), Southgate Kmart (155 jobs lost), Detroit’s Telegraph Road Kmart (115 jobs lost), Waterford Township Sears (no word on how many jobs lost), Rochester Hills Kmart (77 jobs lost), ‘perfect Kmart town’ of Port Huron Kmart (188 jobs lost), Flint Kmart on Miller Road (81 jobs lost), Burton Kmart (85 jobs lost), Madison Heights Kmart (179 jobs lost), it’s now official the last remaining Saginaw Kmart (on Gratiot Road) will remain shutdown after its roof collapsed during a snowstorm back in January 2014 (Sears Holdings claims only 18 people worked there at the time of the collapse!), Ann Arbor Kmart (59 jobs lost), Iron Mountain Kmart (54 jobs lost), Bangor Township Sears aka Bay City Mall Sears, the Auto Center was already secretly shutdown some time ago (at least 47 jobs lost), Big Rapids Kmart (about 50 jobs lost). Vacant Wyandotte Sears Auto Center is being renovated at a cost to taxpayers of $1-million & 20-thousand, plus 15 years worth of tax breaks valued at $2-million! Shakopee Kmart distribution center shutdown and sold-off for $17-million in 2013, now it’s finally getting a new tenant; snowmobile and electric cart maker Polaris Industries will rent out a fraction of the building to use as their new parts warehouse. The Kmart Plaza in Sandusky sold to “A group of investors”, no word on what will happen to the Kmart store.
Minnesota: West Saint Paul Kmart shutting down by Xmas. 32 Kmart & Sears properties made the new Sears Holdings Real Estate for sale or lease list! The 40 years old Eden Prairie Center Sears store shutting down in time for the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday. Eddie Lampert sold the store to the mall owner for $16-million! The owner of the mall wants to carve up the Sears into smaller stores. Dundas Kmart in April 2016, 32 jobs lost. Thunderbird Mall Kmart shutdown in April 2016, 48 jobs lost. Willmar Kmart, Duluth Kmart, New Hope Kmart, White Bear Lake Kmart, Bemidji Kmart, Monticello Kmart, GGP owned Sears Auto Center in the Apache Mall closed (10 jobs lost), the entire Sears store in the Apache Mall being sold off, Fergus Falls Kmart (40 jobs lost), Fergus Falls Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Alexandria Kmart (46 jobs lost), Grand Rapids Kmart (61 jobs lost), Seritage is selling off three Sears Auto Centers in Minnetonka, Brooklyn Center and Saint Paul, Marshall Kmart (57 jobs lost), Oakdale Kmart (77 hourly wage employees losing their jobs, unknown how many salaried employees will become unemployed), Winona Kmart (67 jobs lost), Minneapolis city officials trying to shutdown profit making Nicollet Avenue Kmart, to make way for a new road. Anoka Kmart (47 jobs lost), Blaine Kmart (60 jobs lost), Burnsville Kmart (62 jobs lost), Waite Park Kmart (57 jobs lost), Northeast Minneapolis Sears Hometown & Outlet store now for sale, Coon Rapids Sears Hometown & Outlet store now for sale.
Mississippi: 14 Kmart & Sears properties made the new Sears Holdings Real Estate for sale or lease list. Corinth Kmart. The 44 years old Greenville Kmart shutdown in April, no word on job losses. Jackson Sears Full line, McComb Sears Full line, Columbus Sears Full line, Gautier Sears (71 jobs lost), Waveland Gulfport Kmart (32 jobs lost), Pass Road Gulfport Kmart (52 jobs lost), Pascagoula Sears at the Singing River Mall, Olive Branch distribution center (unknown how many jobs lost).
Missouri: 48 Kmart & Sears properties made the new Sears Holdings Real Estate for sale or lease list! Bridgeton Kmart, Springfield Kmart. Lee’s Summit Sears Grand/Essentials, Saint Louis Sears Full line, High Ridge Kmart (59 jobs lost), Ellisville Kmart (55 jobs lost), Springfield Kmart on South Campbell Avenue (60 jobs lost), South Belt Kmart (64 jobs lost), Florissant Kmart (100 jobs lost), O’Fallon Kmart (76 jobs lost).
Montana: The Hamilton Kmart, Havre Kmart, Helena Kmart, Glendive Kmart, Billings Sears Store & Auto Center, Butte Kmart, Great Falls Kmart Store & Auto Center, Kalispell Kmart Store & Auto Center (essentially all remaining stores) made the new Sears Holdings Real Estate for sale or lease list! Billings Kmart. Missoula Kmart (50 jobs lost), Great Falls Kmart (closed “until further notice” due to fire, 63 jobs on hold), Great Falls Sears store & Auto Center (65 jobs lost) due to great sales (ironically) the shutdown date has been moved from 07 December 2014 to 23 November, Bozeman Kmart (37 jobs lost), Missoula Sears store and Auto Center (57 jobs lost).
Nebraska: Sears offspring Seritage Growth Properties says the ‘Sears’ property in Kearney is shutting down. Six Sears & Kmart properties made the new Sears Holdings Real Estate for sale or lease list. 40 years old Hastings Kmart. Grand Island Kmart (55 jobs lost), Omaha Kmart near West Maple Road (50 jobs lost).
Nevada: 22 Sears & Kmart properties made the new Sears Holdings Real Estate for sale or lease list! Sparks Kmart distribution center (100 jobs lost).
New Hampshire: 23 Kmart & Sears properties made the new Sears Holdings Real Estate for sale or lease list! Nashau Sears Grand/Essentials, Keene Sears Grand/Essentials, Portsmouth Kmart (30 jobs lost), Claremont Kmart (59 jobs lost).
New Jersey: 53 Kmart and Sears properties made the new Sears Holdings Real Estate for sale or lease list! Nearly one acre of the Rockaway Townsquare Mall Sears (which is still in operation) is now rented out to a furniture dealer. Lodi Kmart shutdown in April 2016, 75 jobs lost. Lawnside Kmart (about 80 jobs lost), Howell Kmart (57 jobs lost), Berlin Kmart, Dover Kmart (92 jobs lost), Randolf Kmart (91 jobs lost), Paramus Kmart (74 jobs lost), Closter Kmart (102 jobs lost), Vineland Kmart (74 jobs lost). After 18 years Sears Holdings shutdown their Roselle Sears Hardware store due to “landlord issues”.
New Mexico: Sears offspring Seritage Growth Properties says the ‘Sears’ property in Deming is shutting down.21 Kmart & Sears properties made the new Sears Holdings Real Estate for sale or lease list! Back in May local news reports said the Artesia Kmart was shutting down, in July Sears Holdings finally confirmed it. Albuquerque’s Coronado Center Sears suddenly shutdown their Auto Center, and will reduce the size of the main store by 50% within two months. Sears goon Howard Riefs stated “We will rightsize the labor…”, but gave no numbers. The ‘rightsizing’ of the Coronado Center store is in partnership with one of my evil former employers, mall owner GGP. SearsLas Cruces Kmart (58 jobs lost), Albuquerque Kmart on Central SW (80 jobs lost), Rio Rancho Kmart (59 jobs lost).
New York: Shutdown WARN issued for the Binghamton Kmart, 69 jobs gone by Xmas. Shutdown WARN issued for the Cheektowaga Kmart, 101 jobs gone by Xmas! The second level of the Staten Island Sears shutting down right before the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday, 44 jobs killed, it’s been leased to Ireland’s clothier Primark. 104 Sears & Kmart properties made the new Sears Holdings Real Estate for sale or lease list!! The 50 years old Sears Auto Center in the Colonie Center Mall shutdown by Sears Holdings subsidiary Seritage Growth Properties, so the space could be rented out to Avis-Budget Car Rental Group. In Brooklyn, the Kings Plaza Sears shutting down, 210 jobs gone by mid-September 2016! Eddie Lampert is renting the space to a couple of European clothing retailers. Sears Holdings issued a shutdown WARN for its Plattsburgh Sears store and Auto Center, 56 jobs lost by the end of July 2016. New York Post says Sears is shutting down their NYC clothing design office, 40 jobs moved to California, another 154 jobs gone by July! Rotterdam Mall Sears and Auto Center shutting down by August 2016 (67 jobs lost). Sears Holdings issued yet another WARN, this time 75 Rochester Kmart employees losing their jobs by mid-July 2016. Irondequoit Sears, Plattsburgh Sears, Poughkeepsie Kmart, Rochester Kmart. Staten Island Mall Sears Auto Center shutdown in February, 20 jobs lost. Lindenhurst Sears Hardware, North Babylon Sears Hardware, Hauppauge Sears Hardware, Depew (Lancaster?) Kmart (68 jobs lost), Colonie Kmart (72 jobs lost), Fulton Kmart (51 jobs lost), Clifton Park Kmart (74 jobs lost) now revealed to be turned into a Town Center with more than 200 apartments at an estimated cost of $50-million, Latham Kmart (61 jobs lost), East Greenbush-Rensselaer Kmart (70 jobs lost), Tonawanda Sears Appliance and Hardware, Bronx Sears (91 jobs lost), BBN reader reported that the Ithaca Sears and Auto Center shutdown and one month later it’s been officially confirmed (at least 37 jobs lost), DeWitt Kmart (92 jobs lost), Auburn Sears (51 jobs lost), Massena Sears and Auto Center (51 jobs lost), Staten Island Mall Sears leased out to Ireland’s Primark, Bay Shore Sears and Sears Auto Center (144 jobs lost), New Hartford (Sangertown Mall) Sears & Auto Center (109 jobs lost), Lancaster Kmart sold for $1.7-million to Dave’s Christmas Wonderland. Herkimer Sears Hometown, Saranac Lake Sears Hometown the ‘independent’ co-owners said Sears Holdings forced them to shutdown. Melville Appliance Repair Division (31 jobs lost).
North Carolina: The High Point Sears Call Center shutting down by February 2017, Sears Holdings actually refused to tell local news media how many jobs will be lost, unnamed employees said it “will be in the hundreds” (local news reports said the last time Sears publicized how many employees worked the call center it was more than 3-hundred)! Mount Airy Kmart (in the Mayberry Mall) shutting down right before Xmas. Burlington Kmart shutting down right before Xmas, local news reports said nobody was surprised. 71 Sears & Kmart properties made the new Sears Holdings Real Estate for sale or lease list! 40 years old Thomasville Kmart shutting down in time for the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday. Brevard Kmart, Gastonia Kmart, Lumberton Kmart, Pineville Kmart, Rocky Mount Kmart. Cary Kmart (71 jobs lost), High Point Sears, Moorehead Sears, Rocky Mount Sears, Statesville Sears, Durham Kmart (79 jobs lost), Asheville Kmart (53 jobs lost), West Smithfield Kmart (59 jobs lost), Winston-Salem Kmart (69 jobs lost), Hendersonville Kmart (58 jobs lost), South Ashville Kmart on Hendersonville Road, Raleigh Kmart (88 jobs lost), Garner Kmart, Cleveland County mall Sears (56 jobs lost), Charlotte Kmart (89 jobs lost), Conover Kmart (74 jobs lost), Raleigh Kmart on Capital Boulevard (53 jobs lost), High Point Kmart (71 jobs lost), Boone Kmart (41 jobs lost), Greensboro Kmart (96 jobs lost), Gastonia Sears store & Auto Center (65 jobs lost), Kinston Kmart (64 jobs lost), Cary Sears (66 jobs lost), Greensboro Kmart distribution center (130 jobs lost), Greenville Kmart (75 jobs lost), Kinston Sears Hometown Store shutdown with little notice, Lexington Sears Hometown Store.
North Dakota: 18 Kmart & Sears properties made the new Sears Holdings Real Estate for sale or lease list. Jamestown Kmart (45 jobs lost), Dickinson Kmart (41 jobs lost, despite a “Now Hiring” sign on the front of the store).
Ohio: Employees confirmed to local news media that the 21 years old Austintown Sears Appliance and Hardware will shutdown by Xmas. Mentor Kmart shutting down by Xmas, local news reports say in the 1990s the store employed 2-hundred people! 124 Sears & Kmart properties made the new Sears Holdings Real Estate for sale or lease list!! 18 years old Defiance Sears shutting down by August 2016. Marion Sears store (the Auto Center was shutdown in 2014), Ashtabula Kmart, Eaton Kmart, Fremont Kmart, Lima Kmart, Lorain Kmart, Springboro Kmart. Englewood Kmart, 57 jobs lost by the end of July 2016. Fort Stueben Mall Sears store and Auto Center, 53 jobs lost in June 2016. Sandusky Mall Sears store and Auto Center, 44 jobs lost in June 2016. 78 jobs lost as the Lancaster Kmart is shutdown in May 2016. 18 jobs lost as the Dixie Highway Sears Hardware shuts down this Friday. The 28 years old Sears and its Auto Center in New Philadelphia shutdown by mid-April 2016, 46 jobs lost. Without warning the Medina Sears Appliance & Hardware Store shutdown. Warren Kmart on Parkman Road NW shutdown in April 2016, 63 jobs lost. Zanesville Kmart shutdown mid-April 2016, 47 jobs lost. Steubenville Kmart shutdown by April 2016, 65 jobs lost. Boardman Kmart by April 2016, 81 jobs lost. Chagrin Falls Kmart, Springfield Kmart, two Toledo Kmarts, Medina Kmart, Columbus Kmart, Columbus Sears/Great Indoors, Zanesville Sears (67 jobs lost), Trotwood Kmart (71 jobs lost), Austintown Sears auto parts and service on Interstate Boulevard, London Kmart (no word on number of jobs lost), Trotwood Sears (67 jobs lost), Westlake Kmart/Sears (at least 57 jobs lost), Xenia Kmart (at least 57 jobs lost), Norwalk Kmart (52 jobs lost), Blue Ash Kmart (77 jobs lost), Northwood Sears at Woodville Mall (36 jobs lost), Conneaut Kmart (43 jobs lost), Anderson Township Kmart (71 jobs lost), Brooklyn Kmart (200 jobs lost), Columbus Lockbourne Industrial Parkway Sears distribution center (200 jobs lost), also in Columbus, Sears Product Rebuild-Call Center (112 jobs lost), Marion Sears Auto Center (at least nine jobs lost), Springfield Kmart #3767 (68 jobs lost), Fairborn Kmart (66 jobs lost), Solon Sears & Auto Center (at least 53 jobs lost), Tiffin Sears Hometown Store. Also, Van Wert Sears franchise bought out by Kirk Berryman, owner of Computer & Networking Technologies (CNT), who plans on moving the store to a new location. Fairlawn Sears Appliance & Hardware, Macedonia Sears Appliance & Hardware, Lorain Sears Appliance & Hardware, Elyria Sears Appliance & Hardware, North Olmsted Sears Appliance & Hardware, Sheffield Village Sears Appliance & Hardware, Akron Sears Appliance & Hardware.
Oklahoma: 23 Kmart & Sears properties made the new Sears Holdings Real Estate for sale or lease list! Oklahoma City Sears (98 jobs lost, GGP owned, GGP wants a $2 million sales tax rebate, claiming it’s needed to offset capital investments needed to bring the space up to the standards for potential new tenants), Shawnee Sears (31 jobs lost), Sand Springs Kmart (52 jobs lost), Muskogee Sears (60 jobs lost), Enid Sears and Auto Center (at least 38 jobs lost), Tulsa BigKmart (51 jobs lost).
Oregon: 23 Kmart & Sears properties made the new Sears Holdings Real Estate for sale or lease list! A Blind Bat News reader warning that the Beaverton Kmart has replaced its permanent signage with temporary ones, and the store is looking empty. There’s been no public reports of the store shutting down. Roseburg Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Tualatin Kmart Center (new property owner from California is tearing everything down for new shopping center, so far no indication the Kmart will be part of the new shopping center), Milwaukie Kmart (61 jobs lost), Coos Bay Kmart (25 jobs lost), Bend Sears (48 jobs lost), Klamath Falls Kmart (64 jobs lost), Albany Kmart (64 jobs lost), Portland Sears Homes Services (no notice), Albany Sears (57 jobs lost), in October a BBN reader warned that Oregon City Kmart was being quietly shutdown, confirmed on 06 November 2014 by Sears Holdings (70 jobs lost). Ontario Kmart (55 jobs lost).
Pennsylvania: 168 Sears and Kmart properties made the new Sears Holdings Real Estate for sale or lease list!! In July, Sears Holdings shutdown the Uniontown Kmart, killing at least 73 jobs. But the shutdown is also affecting a locally owned restaurant (Mark C’s Diner) still on the property, whose owners say their sales have crashed-n-burned since the shutdown. Now Sears Holdings say they are about to sell the Uniontown property in an effort to “realize shareholder value from the property”. Butler Sears, New Castle Sears, Beaver Falls Kmart, Philadelphia Kmart on Frankford Avenue. Two Pittsburgh Kmarts. Reading Kmart. Sears store in the Beaver Valley Mall, 62 jobs lost. Viewmont Mall Sears store and Auto Center, 86 jobs lost in July 2016. Reports that the Exton Kmart will shutdown, no word on job losses. Upper Darby Sears Full line, Pottstown Sears Full line, Pittsburgh Kmart, Wilkins Sears, Warminster Kmart (85 jobs lost), Shippensburg Kmart (46 jobs lost), Moon Kmart (143 jobs lost), Bethlehem Township Kmart (62 jobs lost), Philadelphia Gallery Mall Kmart (120 jobs lost), Philadelphia Kmart on Orthodox Street and Castor Avenue (169 jobs lost), Levittown/Middle Township Kmart (87 jobs lost), Waynesboro Kmart (43 jobs lost), Sanatoga-Lower Pottsgrove Kmart (65 jobs lost, the store was also advertising for new hires!), West Mifflin Sears store & Auto Center (88 jobs lost), Rochester Kmart (78 jobs lost), Frazer (Pittsburg Mills Mall) Sears and Auto Center (97 jobs lost), Bloomsburg Sears (57 jobs lost), Frackville Sears and Auto Center (84 jobs lost), North Cornwall Township Sears (51 jobs lost), King of Prussia Sears and Auto Center (no word on number of jobs lost), Lebanon Sears (51 jobs lost), Scotland Chambersburg Mall Sears and Auto Center (62 jobs lost), the upper level of the Willow Grove Mall Sears store to be leased by Primark, King of Prussia Sears store leased out to clothing retailer Primark, East Towne Mall Kmart (51 jobs lost), Frackville Kmart in the Skuylkill Mall (80 jobs lost), Mount Pocono Kmart (66 jobs lost), Fairless Hills Sears Hardware. Granite Run Mall shutdown, meaning the Sears and Sears Auto Center now apparently on a month to month (possibly day to day) lease are soon to follow. Brookhaven Kmart (89 jobs lost).
Puerto Rico: 31 Sears & Kmart properties made the new Sears Holdings Real Estate for sale or lease list! Vega Baja Kmart (206 jobs lost).
Rhode Island: Five Sears & Kmart properties made the new Sears Holdings Real Estate for sale or lease list.
South Carolina: 37 Kmart & Sears properties made the new Sears Holdings Real Estate for sale or lease list! The 44 years old Orangeburg Kmart shutting down in August 2016. Camden Kmart. 61 jobs lost as the North Augusta Kmart is shutdown by May 2016. Sumter Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Orangeburg Sears (57 jobs lost), Columbia Kmart on Fort Jackson Boulevard in 2012, Columbia Kmart on Bush River Road in 2009, Columbia Kmart on St Andrews Road (66 jobs lost), Irmo Kmart (no info on how many jobs lost), both Greenville Kmarts (140 jobs lost between the two), Mount Pleasant Kmart (43 jobs lost), Harbison Sears & Sears Auto Center in the Columbiana Centre mall (97 jobs lost), Aiken Sears & Sears Auto Center (at least 54 jobs lost), Inlet Square Mall Kmart (50 jobs lost), West Ashely Kmart (69 jobs lost), Myrtle Beach Kmart (59 jobs lost), Easley Kmart (62 jobs lost).
South Dakota: 11 Sears & Kmart properties made the new Sears Holdings Real Estate for sale or lease list. Huron Kmart, Yankton Kmart. The Pierre Kmart shutdown March 2016, 45 jobs lost. The Michell Kmart shutdown in April 2016, 52 jobs lost. Spearfish Kmart (51 jobs lost), Sturgis Kmart (57 jobs lost).
Tennessee: After 30 years the Sears Hometown Store in Dyersburg shutdown. Local news reports say the shutdown was no surprise to the store’s manager. 58 Kmart & Sears properties made the new Sears Holdings Real Estate for sale or lease list! Local news reports say Sears Holdings has posted “Going out of business!” signs on the North Knoxville Kmart, however they could not get any confirmation of shutdown from corporate administrators. Bristol Kmart shutting down by August 2016. Athens Kmart, Sweetwater Kmart, Maryville Kmart. The Murfreesboro Kmart shutdown April, 43 jobs lost. A Memphis Sears and Auto Center (on Poplar Avenue) shutdown in April, 109 jobs lost! Clarksville Kmart shutdown in April, 68 jobs lost. Cleveland Kmart shutdown by mid-March 2016, 67 jobs lost. Antioch Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Cleveland Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Oak Ridge Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Hendersonville Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Morristown Sears (about 70 jobs lost), Clinton South Kmart, Franklin Cool Springs Galleria Sears (92 jobs lost), Memphis Hickory Ridge mall Sears (job loss data not revealed), 48 years old Nashville Kmart on Nolensville Pike to close by January 2014 (57 jobs lost), Franklin Kmart (33 jobs lost), Dickson Kmart (65 jobs lost), talks in progress to end lease for Bellevue (Nashville) Center Mall Sears, Nashville Bellevue Center Sears & Auto Center (at least 44 jobs lost).
Texas: Sears offspring Seritage Growth Properties says the ‘Sears’ property in Harlingen is shutting down. Local news reports confirmed the Lubbock Kmart is shutting down right before Xmas. 134 Kmart & Sears properties made the new Sears Holdings Real Estate for sale or lease list!! Fort Stockton Sears Hometown Store was ‘re-branded’ the America’s Appliance Experts outlet. Sears Holdings revealed the Brownsville Kmart is shutting down by August. El Paso Kmart, Mission Kmart, Sweetwater Kmart. Two Sears parts and repair centers closing in The Woodlands (117 jobs lost), rebuild center in Garland (58 jobs lost), Farmers Branch Sears/Great Indoors, Houston Sears Great/Indoors, Dallas Sears home appliance parts distribution center (77 jobs lost), Simon Property Group owned McAllen Sears store & Auto Center (so far no word on how many jobs will be lost), recently revealed Palestine Sears Hometown (franchise owner quit to work as assistant manager at a local Dollar General). Wichita Falls Sikes Senter Mall Sears (56 jobs lost).
Utah: 16 Sears & Kmart properties made the new Sears Holdings Real Estate for sale or lease list. Draper Kmart, Price Kmart, West Jordan Kmart. 35 years old Richfield Kmart shutdown in April 2016, 63 jobs lost. North Logan Kmart shutdown April 2016, 58 jobs lost. Murray Sears (local news media in Utah never reported the closure, but they reported that the building was demolished), Orem Kmart (no details reported), Woods Cross Kmart (54 jobs lost), Provo Kmart demolished in anticipation of yet another AtHome furniture store.
Vermont: Five Kmart & Sears properties made the new Sears Holdings Real Estate for sale or lease list. The Bennington Sears Hometown Store shutdown. Rutland Sears store & Auto Center (65 jobs lost), South Burlington Kmart (66 jobs lost).
Virgin Islands: Three Kmarts made the new Sears Holdings Real Estate for sale or lease list.
Virginia: 63 Kmart & Sears properties made the new Sears Holdings Real Estate for sale or lease list! Christiansburg Kmart and the Hampton Kmart shutting down by August 2016. Chester Kmart, 76 jobs gone by mid-July 2016. The Cedar Bluff (50 jobs lost), Covington (36 jobs lost) and Virginia Beach on General Booth Boulevard (no job numbers reported) Kmarts shutdown between March and April 2016! The Sears Hometown Store in Culpeper. Norfolk Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Midlothian Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Richmond Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Lynchburg Sears (84 jobs lost), Fairfax Kmart (no word on how many jobs lost), Christiansburg Sears (59 jobs lost), Norfolk Kmart on East Little Creek Road (77 jobs lost), Manassas Kmart (71 jobs lost), Stafford Sears Hometown, Newport News-Denbigh Kmart (at least 50 jobs lost), Wise Kmart (58 jobs lost), Harrisonburg Kmart (79 jobs lost), Winchester Kmart (91 jobs lost), Dale City Kmart (69 jobs lost), Chesapeake Sears and Auto Center (82 jobs lost), Front Royal Kmart (88 jobs lost), Pembroke Mall Sears renting out part of their store to DSW & Nordstrom Rack, Sears Holdings say they’re still looking for a “third tenant” for their occupied space. The current nearby Sears Auto Center will be rented out to REI. Colonial Heights Kmart (113 jobs lost), Virginia Beach Hilltop Square Shopping Center Kmart (82 jobs lost).
Washington: Sears offspring Seritage Growth Properties says a ‘Sears’ property in Yakima is shutting down. 46 Kmart & Sears properties made the new Sears Holdings Real Estate for sale or lease list! After officially denying that their Marysville Kmart was shutting down, calling it a “a bad rumor” and swearing to local news media that “the store will remain open”, guess what? Local news media reporting that the Marysville Kmart is now plastered with “store closing” signs, 47 jobs lost by by mid-July. Arrogantly Sears Holdings said the employees can apply at other Sears/Kmart stores, however, local news reports say it’s the last Kmart in all of Snohomish County. Eatonville Sears Hometown store. Walla Walla Sears Full line (in August 2012, it was reported that an independent owner of Sears Hometown stores will open a store in Walla Walla), Lacey Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Kelso Sears (47 jobs lost), Lakewood Kmart (59 jobs lost), Bellingham Sears (92 jobs lost), Seattle Kmart (85 jobs lost), East Wenatchee Sears (59 jobs lost), Puyallup Kmart (51 jobs lost), Oak Harbor Kmart (68 jobs lost), Sodo Sears and Sears Auto Center (79 jobs lost), Everett Kmart (65 jobs lost), Marysville Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost).
West Virginia: 34 Kmart & Sears properties made the new Sears Holdings Real Estate for sale or lease list! The Bluefield Kmart shutting down by August 2016. Oak Hill Kmart (59 jobs lost), Morgantown Kmart (100 jobs lost), Bluefield Sears store & Auto Center (64 jobs lost).
Wisconsin: The Land’s End outlet in the Madison West Towne Mall Sears store suddenly shutdown. It was also revealed that Sears connected Land’s End has shutdown at least five stores since 2015, due to crashing sales. 36 Kmart & Sears properties made the new Sears Holdings Real Estate for sale or lease list! Seritage Growth Properties is ‘downsizing’ the Sears store in the West Towne Mall, according to plans filed with the city of Madison. Those plans show a new restaurant taking up more than half of the space of the Sears store. Administrators refused to answer questions from the local news media. The Wausau Center Sears shutting down, 35 remaining employees became unemployed June 2016. Sears Holdings administrators would only say “we are accelerating the closings of unprofitable stores.” Hartford Kmart. Superior Kmart shutdown in April 2016, 42 jobs lost. West Baraboo Sears (at least 40 jobs lost, local village officials say the store generated 3% of local tax collections), Rice Lake Kmart (about 71 jobs lost), Brookfield Kmart (56 jobs lost), Racine’s Regency Mall Sears (52 jobs lost), Fort Atkinson Kmart (51 jobs lost), Greenfield Kmart (107 jobs lost), Portage Kmart (78 jobs lost) and Hales Corner (129 jobs lost), Chippewa Falls Kmart (79 jobs lost), Menomonie Kmart (at least 50 jobs lost), Ashwaubenon Kmart recently revealed now owned by Green Bay Packers, will be torn down (80 jobs lost), Shawano Kmart (55 jobs lost), Fond du Lac Sears (42 jobs lost), Glendale Sears store & Auto Center (86 jobs lost), Janesville Kmart (70 jobs lost), Glendale Sears Rebuild center (67 jobs lost), Sheboygan Sears & Auto Center (at least 31 jobs lost), Eau Claire Kmart (93 jobs lost), Plymouth Kmart (59 jobs lost before Xmas), Sheboygan Sears Rebuild Center (30 jobs lost), Wauwatosa Kmart (103 jobs lost).
Wyoming: Sears offspring Seritage Growth Properties confirmed a ‘Sears’ property in Riverton is shutting down. Sheridan Kmart, Rock Springs Kmart, Riverton Kmart, Cody Kmart & Auto Center, Laramie Kmart, Jackson Kmart, Gillette Kmart, and in Casper and Cheyenne the Sears Stores & Auto Centers and Kmarts (essentially all remaining stores) made the new Sears Holdings Real Estate for sale or lease list!
18 October 2016 (02:09 UTC-07 Tango 01) 27 Mehr 1395/16 Muharram 1438/18 Wu Zu 4714
“We lost cows, and all of our crops. Nothing is left. And our homes are destroyed!”-Geffrard Duplessis, farmer
“The south-west is dominated by rural communities with only 22% Urban. Coffee and other agriculture are key to these locations.”–reliefweb.int
Don’t blame Hurricane Matthew for all the death and destruction in Haiti; corporate coffee and cocoa operations, which required massive deforestation of Haiti’s mountain region, shares most of the blame for the killer landslides.
This photo shows the massive deforestation of Haiti, compared to its next door neighbor Dominican Republic
It’s interesting that Hurricane Matthew hit right where ‘western’ food corporations encouraged farmers to develop coffee, cocoa and rubber tree plantations (natural rubber tree ops disappeared after the oil industry succeeded in making mass produced synthetic rubber), which required the destruction of the old growth forests. According to a New York Times article the deforestation was accelerated after the U.S. occupation of Haiti in the 1930s. By the 1950s deforestation was complete.
Certified Gone?
“The National Institute of Coffee Haiti informs that more than 35,800 hectares [88,463 acres] of coffee have been devastated…”–Haiti Libre
“As well as tearing up food staples and filling fields with sea water and trash, the storm uprooted plantations of cocoa, coffee and fruit trees, cash crops that are exported and that experts said will take at least five years to grow back.”–Reuters
Now many of those coffee and cocoa plantations are washed away so expect prices for coffee and chocolate to go up. The hurricane hit right when hopes were high about Haiti’s chocolate industry being able to boost its economy: “With 98 percent of their trees gone, Haitians eye cocoa-based agroforestry as a way to combat poverty and renew the land.”–Alternet
Already U.S. coffee retailers are asking customers to fork over hard earned cash to rebuild those plantations. Minnesota based Pelican Coffee Shop promises to donate 100% of its coffee bean profits to hurricane relief efforts in Haiti.
By the way, the official hurricane death toll has surpassed 1-thousand humans in Haiti, and mass-famine is expected within six months due to most of the farmland being washed away.
September 2016 U.S. Food Crisis: IT’S OFFICIAL; MORE THAN HALF OF U.S. FARM WORKERS ARE ILLEGAL! FARMERS BIGGEST WELFARE PROGRAM?
It must be noted that I started documenting these ObamaCare/healthcare related shutdowns at the beginning of 2014. In that year I posted the reports biannually (every six months). In 2015 ObamaCare cutbacks ramped up and I posted quarterly (every three months). For the past nine months of 2016 there have been so many ObamaCare cutbacks that I’ve posted a report every month!
Incomplete list of healthcare related layoffs and shutdowns, September 2016:
Denmark based drugs maker Novo Nordisk eliminating 1-thousand jobs worldwide, blaming crashing U.S. sales (due to its own skyrocketing prices for insulin).
California: Tulare Regional Medical Center laid off 29 people. Administrators hinted that layoffs will be ongoing because they “continue to streamline operations”. Israel based drugs maker Teva issued a layoff WARN, 11 jobs gone in Corona, by December.
Florida: Drugs maker Merck eliminating 112 jobs between November 2016 and June 2017! CVS Pharmacy issued a WARN, 94 jobs in Tampa gone by Thanksgiving.
Idaho: The state Department of Insurance warning of yet another rate hike for insurance, as much as 24% for 2017!
Illinois: Health Care Service Corporation (parent company of Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Illinois) off-shoring as many as 540 InfoTech jobs, by April 2017! Health Care Service Corporation has also been encouraging employees 50 years of age or older to quit, by offering them buy-outs.
Kentucky: God powerless to stop ‘his’ Catholic owned KentuckyOne Health from laying off three top executives, a fourth executive resigned. The ‘christian’ hospital admin called it “leader transitions”. Signature Healthcare shutting down two locations, 207 jobs gone by Thanksgiving! Patients are being transferred elsewhere. In Louisville, McDonald’s shutting down their Kosair Children’s Hospital by Xmas. The lease expires and the Kosair-McDonald’s franchise can’t afford to renew it!
Louisiana: Non-profit Lafayette General Medical Center eliminating 70 jobs by the end of October.
Maine: Mercy Hospital suddenly laid off 31 people. Administrators say it was a “clinical redesign of services offered”.
Massachusetts: Drugs maker ImmunoGen laid off 65 people.
Minnesota: Superior View Assisted Living shutdown, the CEO Rob Gannucci blamed the state and federal government saying “It just wasn’t worth it anymore.”
Mississippi: Quitman County Hospital quit and shutdown due to lack of money. Local news reports indicated it was the only hospital in the area.
Montana: Medicare health insurer New West Health Services shutting down, 14-thousand customers losing their insurance by the end of the year, and 84 people losing their jobs. Administrators directly blame ObamaCare saying “…with the increased complexity in this industry and the new challenges that affect our ability to break even, we are not able to make this insurance plan financially successful.”
New Hampshire: Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center eliminating up to 460 jobs by Xmas! ObamaCare is forcing the hospital to make at least $100-million USD in cuts, CEO James Weinstein saying “We cannot be all things to all people…… Reductions at all levels of the organization will be considered…”
New York: Crouse Hospital laid off nine management, 13 non-union and 12 union employees. Unfilled positions are also being eliminated. Administrators called the layoffs ‘routine’. God powerless to stop ‘his’ Catholic Charities Neighborhood Services from issuing a layoff WARN for their ops in Brooklyn. The layoffs take place right before Xmas.
North Carolina: Oncology specialist Biologics shutting down their Cary ops after being taken over by California based McKesson, 132 jobs gone! Johnston Ambulance Service shutdown, 4-hundred jobs suddenly gone! Administrators blame ObamaCare rules for lack of payment of services rendered.
Oklahoma: Pushmataha Hospital now chapter 9 bankrupt busted despite four years of trying to reign in costs to deal with greatly reduced ObamaCare insurance reimbursements.
Pennsylvania: Ohio based HCR ManorCare sold-off their Devon Manor nursing home, 124 jobs gone by the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday! Patients are being transferred elsewhere. Drug testing startup Falcon Genomics already chapter 11 bankrupt busted due to failing to raise enough investment cash. Somerset Hospital shutting down their obstetrics unit by the end of November.
Tennessee: It’s been revealed that in August Church Hill Emergency Medical Services suddenly shutdown, eliminating “dozens” of jobs due to lack of funding. Church Hill EMS is now officially chapter 11 bankrupt busted. Tennova Healthcare eliminating 45 jobs in October.
Texas: Saint Mark’s Medical laid off nine people and then sold their La Grange office building to Rainier Realty Investments. Administrators directly blame ObamaCare for the layoffs saying “The layoffs were…..an adjustment to our current healthcare environment. As penalties increase and volumes decrease, it’s critical each hospital/physician office adapt to the new landscape.”
Virginia: After 40 years Dominion Psychiatric Associates shutting down in November, one of the doctors told local news media “You can’t keep the doors open if you don’t have providers.”
Wisconsin: Integrated Health Network laid off 21 employees.
Wyoming: Mountain View Regional Hospital laid off 15 employees.
August 2016: “…WE’LL ALL HAVE TO DO MORE WITH LESS.”
ObamaCare = Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification
Incomplete list of announced United States food supply shutdowns for the month of September, 2016: 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, spread of disease and extreme weather.
The Wall Street Journal reports that despite a 65% increase in hops farming the number of new ‘craft’ breweries in operation far outpace hops production, creating a massive shortage of citra hops.
Read the article Digested: Buying the Farm to find out why the so-called organic farm industry is bogus. The article is about U.S. demand exceeding U.S. supply, but read between the lines and you should realize that there’s now so much government and corporate involvement that who knows if what you’re eating is truly ‘organic’.
Alabama: After 89 years C.F. Penn Hamburgers posted a shutdown notice on their Decature store, blaming crashing sales and skyrocketing rent: “This decision was made as the result of a decline in business, coupled with our rent increasing 80%.”
However, once the word got out the greedy landlord changed their mind and claimed it was a misunderstanding so, according to local news reports, C.F. Penn Hamburgers will remain open.
Arizona: Less than a month after shutting down a Tennessee location (without warning) Florida based World of Beer suddenly shutdown their Gilbert, Tempe and Tucson locations!
California: Border Grill shutting down their 26 years old Santa Monica location in October. In Bakersfield, after being evicted at the end of June RJ’s Bar & Grill now legally chapter 7 bankrupt dead. In San Francisco, Buttons Candy Bar shutdown, a defiant video store which shares the same retail space said “we aren’t intending to close.” Keil’s Food Stores issued a shutdown WARN for their Clairemont location, 49 jobs gone by November.
Colorado: Spice and ‘spirits’ seller Vom Fass shutdown their Fort Collins location to focus on internet sales. In Boulder, Conor O’Neill’s Traditional Irish Pub & Restaurant shutdown due to crashing sales, caused by construction on a next-door building, and on jacked-up rent and property tax.
Connecticut: Monsanto laying off 39 people in Mystic, at the end of October.
Florida: After 41 years Mama B’s Giant Subs shutting down two Orlando locations, the owner is selling the properties so she can retire. Local news media said it was the third sandwich chain to recently shutdown restaurants in Orlando. In Ybor, Spaghetti Warehouse shutting down at the beginning of October. The owners spent 12 months looking for cheaper place to rent, with no luck.
Georgia: Food Lion shutdown their 20 years old Gainsville grocery store, the store’s manager said “Sales had really been suffering.” After 12 years Kitchenware Outfitters shutting down at the end of October.
Idaho: Trading Company Stores suddenly shutdown their Post Falls and Bonners Ferry locations, 68 jobs lost due to the owner selling out to Washington based Yoke’s. In Twin Falls, after more than 42 years Addison Restaurant West shutting down in October. The owner sold it so he could take care of his 98 years old mom.
Illinois: After 25 years Italian restaurant Rose Angelis shutdown in Lincoln Park, there was no explanation on the restaurant website. In Chicago, after 48 years The Parthenon suddenly shutdown, local news reports said the restaurant had failed two health inspections, which were supposedly rectified. There was no official reason for the unexpected permanent shutdown. Shop-N-Save shutting down a grocery store in Peoria, 69 jobs gone by October.
Indiana: Orscheln Farm and Home shutting down their Seymour store once the inventory is gone.
Kentucky: In Lexington, after 82 years Fayette Seed shutting down by the end of October. The owner is hoping to find a buyer for the business. In Louisville, McDonald’s shutting down their Kosair Children’s Hospital by Xmas. The lease expires and the Kosair-McDonald’s franchise can’t afford to renew it!
Massachusetts: Boston based restaurant operator Cosi now chapter 11 bankrupt busted, and possibly for sale.
Minnesota: In Saint Paul, The Barbary Fig Mediterranean Cuisine shutdown, the owner-chef said he’s tired of repairs, government regulations and employees calling in sick right before their shift.
Mississippi: Cheeky Monkey shutdown its D’Iberville bakery right after opening a new operation in Biloxi. In Jackson, The Penguin Restaurant & Bar suddenly shutdown.
Nebraska: Lincoln based United States Drought Monitor declared extreme drought conditions in the eastern half of Massachusetts, southeastern New Hampshire and the southern part of Maine.
New Jersey: General Mills shutting down the 76 years old Vineland Progresso soup factory, 340 jobs gone by 2018! Corporate administrators blame the labor union!
New Mexico: In Albuquerque, after 36 years Fair-n-Square grocery store shutdown so the mom-n-pop owners could retire.
New York: Another TGI Friday’s shutdown, this time their 20 years old restaurant in Dewitt. Administrators claim the 30 employees were offered jobs at other locations. After 79 years in the Big Apple iconic Carnegie Deli shutting down by the end of 2016, apparently it’s become a money losing proposition to do business in New York. In Schenectady, the Grog Shoppe shutting down after 40 years, the owners are considering whether to open a new business or just rent out their property to somebody else. In Wading River, the Davis Peach Farm shutdown due to a massive storm that destroyed their peach crop.
North Carolina: Rudean’s Restaurant shutdown after 17 years so the owner, who started operating restaurants while she was a teenager in the 1950s, could retire. The popular (customers started a petition to keep it open) Rusty Rudder shutdown by greedy landlord: “Regrettably, our landlord has decided not to renew the lease after 15 years of business forcing us to close our doors.”-Eric Paul and Brian Johnston, co-owners
North Dakota: In Grand Fork, after eight months of trying to sell the operation, 10 years old Dakota Harvest Bakers finally died. Local news media wasn’t sure if the popular bakery was finally sold as nobody in-the-know was talking.
Ohio: In Fairfield, after 13 years Symmes Tavern on the Green forced to shutdown by the greedy landlord, the owners hope to find a new affordable location. The Greene Town Center is now suing Florida based World of Beer for backing out on plans to open a restaurant. The lawsuit revealed that World of Beer had signed and then reneged on a ten year lease. Buehler Food Markets shutting down their nine years old store in Brunswick, 125 jobs gone by the end of October! In Bowling Green, after 39 years Myles’ Pizza Pub shutting down at the beginning of October. In Hamilton, after 102 years Milillo Grocery was suddenly shutdown for not being in compliance with current state health and city building codes, despite a waver for ‘grandfathered’ businesses. The third generation owner says city and state administrators are singling him out: “They’re considering me a new owner even though I’m the third Frank Milillo to stand behind that counter in the last 102 years. They consider this a new business.”-Frank Milillo
Oregon: After 53 years restaurant Der Rheinalnder was sold and the new owners are shutting it down at the begining of 2017. Grower owned fruit packer Tree Top shutting down their Woodburn operation in January 2017, 60 people losing their jobs because the factory supposedly isn’t effecient (which is a bogus excuse because many employers have laid off employees precisly becasue they became too efficient, as I’ve pointed out in past postings). The Dairy Queen in Gold Beach shutdown, the owners are building a new Dairy Queen in the town of Brookings and say updating the Gold Beach location is too expensive: “If we weren’t trying to build the one in Brookings right now, we’d try to figure out the financing and do the remodel.”-Bart Burroughs
Pennsylvania: In Lancaster, after four years employee owned The Seed cafe shutdown due to “a variety of concerns”. Pepsi shutting down their Reading distribution center, 95 jobs lost by November. In Levittown the Big Q BBQ suddenly shutdown, the owners consolidated several of their restaurants. In York Haven, Hummingbird Ridge Winery shutdown, the owner has a full-time job and apparently making and selling wine part time isn’t worth the effort.
South Carolina: In Myrtle Beach, the Piggly Wiggly grocery store in The Market Common shutting down due to increased competition.
Tennessee: Local news reports revealed that not only did Florida based World of Beer shutdown its Chattanooga location without warning last month, but it failed to pay the employees final paychecks, and even walked away with their tips: “I depend on this income. …how I’m going to make money in the next couple of weeks? ….it was so sudden.”-Jenison Owens, who says World of Beer still owes two weeks of pay plus tips customers made using their credit cards
Texas: The Kettle Restaurant in Killeen shutdown after 36 years, the property was sold. San Angelo based Logan’s Roadhouse now bankrupt busted and shutting down at least 21 of their restaurants due to a 9.9% drop in revenue this year. In Longview, the Waffle Shoppes of Texas shutting down by the end of October, after 40 years of Belgian style waffles. The Highland Village Kroger shutting down in November, 80 jobs lost due to crashing sales. Zio’s Italian Kitchen chapter 11 bankrupt busted. Administrators blame the oil industry BS for crashing sales.
Vermont: In Lyndonville, Phat Kats Tavern shutdown.
Virginia: Food Lion shutdown one of their grocery stores in Martinsville saying it wasn’t worth it to renew the lease, 35 jobs affected. Despite using illegal employees and continuing taxpayer subsidies, U.S. farmers also benefit from 31st Farm Aid concert in Bristow.
Washington DC: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency reducing allowable levels of dangerous atrazine weed killer used on food crops. Chemical addicted farmers are complaining it will effectively ban the use of most weed killers. 
U.S. Department of Labor confirms that more than 50% of farm workers are in the U.S. illegally! Blame farmers who bemoan that there aren’t enough cheap-ass illegal workers for U.S. businesses! On top of that, U.S. taxpayers are again being raped to subsidize farmers with the Urban Agricultural Act of 2016: “This legislation offers services and support to urban farmers. The research component of the bill is not only critical for production, but also for exploring the risk management, food safety, environmental and economic factors that are critical for economic success.”-Zippy Duvall, American Farm Bureau Federation
Wisconsin: After only five months that restaurant with the ‘racist’ sounding name, Hibachi Boy, shutdown. The owner would only say that it was “a difficult but necessary decision.”
Food Crisis August 2016: ALBERTSONS MAKES “BILLIONS IN PROFITS” YET PAYS EMPLOYEES WELFARE WAGES!
WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification
Incomplete list of U.S. Mining/Industrial/Logistics job loss announcements and shutdowns for September 2016.
Arkansas: Fuel tank maker Amfuel shutting down its Magnolia factory, 3-hundred people jobless due to operations being moved to Texas!
California: National Oilwell Varco laying off 72 people by Halloween. After reporting ” historic record financial results” at the end of 2015, shipping company United States Lines shutting down their Newport Beach port operations, 92 jobs lost by Halloween. Taxpayer subsidized (to the recent tune of $300-million USD!) hotel builder Good Hope International laid off 60 people in Anaheim. Apparently Boeing wasn’t satisfied with last month’s layoff warning for its ops in El Segundo and Huntington Beach, an additional 82 jobs being eliminated. In Garden Grove, Morning Sun Shirt Company laying off 76 employees in November. Israel owned clothing maker VF Contemporary Brands laid off 105 people without warning! Clothing brand Max Azira eliminating 123 jobs in Vernon, by November! Upscale sunglass maker Oakley issued a shutdown WARN for its Mira Loma operations, 119 jobs gone by January 2017! What automotive industry recovery? Maker of custom wheels, Carlstar Group issued a shutdown WARN for their Ontario operations, 139 jobs gone by December! In Santa Maria, Zodiac Seat Shells issued a layoff WARN, 205 jobs gone by Halloween! Kyocera Precisions Tools shutdown their San Jose office. Also in San Jose, Menzies Aviation issued a layoff WARN, 85 jobs lost by November.
Colorado: Near Hesperus, the King II coal mine revealed it eliminated 38 jobs through attrition and layoffs.
Florida: Taxsucker Honeywell laying off 52 Sensing and Productivity Solutions factory workers by 2017. Administrators said it was “driven by just better and better efficiency”. Sweden based Bonnier shutting down its profitable U.S. (Winter Park) based print magazine ops. Publication of Islands, Destination Weddings & Honeymoons, and Caribbean Travel & Life will cease this year due to declining subscriptions, the owners want to get out while they’re still ahead, of course jobs will be lost.
Illinois: What construction industry recovery? In Joppa, the LaFarge cement factory announced that 40 jobs will be eliminated due to crashing demand for cement. In Mossville, Caterpillar eliminating 3-hundred support-management jobs as part of plans to halt overseas productions and massive layoff globally (some reports say more than 10-thousand jobs lost), due to crashing sales! Dynegy laying off 64 Baldwin Energy Complex employees due to “loss of contract”. Dynegy also issued a shutdown WARN for its Newton Power Plant, 48 jobs lost in October. Wholesaler PartyLite shutting down their Batavia location, 144 jobs lost starting after Thanksgiving! What automotive industry recovery? Maker of electrical parts for vehicles, IAC Belvidere, shutting down by Xmas.
Indiana: Plastics molder CPX shutdown without warning, 214 jobs instantly gone due to “unforeseeable economic circumstances”.
Iowa: Taxsucking helicopter parts maker Fansteel now chapter 11 bankrupt busted, blaming reduced Department of Defense (DoD) spending. Flexsteel shutting down their 120 years old furniture factory in Dubuque, at least 250 jobs gone by December 2017! Adminstrators say it will cost too much money to bring the old factory up to date, and they don’t seem so sure about building a new one.
Kentucky: Coal mining layoffs never stop as Alpha Natural Resources issued shutdown WARNs for two operations, resulting in 117 jobs lost!
Louisiana: In Amite, Bradken laying off 65 people in late October. Trinity Marine Products shutting down in Brusley, 288 jobs gone between October and December! In Barkesdale, taxsucking ProActive Technologies failed to get its DoD contract renewed, 51 jobs lost after Halloween (it’s hoped the new contractor will hire them).
Maine: Taxsucking General Dynamics Bath Iron Works about to kill 1-thousand 2-hundred jobs after losing a $10.5-billion U.S. taxdollar funded contract to a company in Florida!
Maryland: What automotive industry recovery? Sweden based Volvo suddenly laid off 143 people at its truck factory in Hagerstown and also revealed they laid off 138 employees during the 1st quarter of the year!
Missouri: Maker of bricks and heat resistant industrial products, HarbisonWalker International shutting down their Fulton factory. 87 jobs gone due to crashing sales. Administrators say if the economy truly recovers then they might start back up.
New Jersey: Trucking company Veltri eliminating 77 jobs in Kearny, by November. Packaging maker for consumer products, AQL Decorating eliminating 98 jobs in Fairview, right after the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday. In Princeton, Tyco International Management eliminating 45 jobs before the New Year.
New Mexico: Taxsucking Lockheed Martin announced the elimination of 330 jobs due to the loss of a contract with the DoD!
New York: GL Bus Lines issued a layoff WARN, 82 jobs gone right before Xmas. Lock maker Allegion shutting down their Bronx NYC factory, 58 jobs lost starting in December.
Ohio: Cast Fab Tech shutting down their Oakely ops, 97 jobs gone in November due to take-over by competitor Elyria and Hodge Foundries. 
God powerless to stop christian agnostic Warren Buffett owned NetJets eliminating 80 jobs at its Lunken Repair Station right before Xmas.
Oklahoma: ConocoPhillips laid off 90 people in Bartlesville. WPX Energy eliminated 40 jobs in Tulsa as part of plans to kill jobs. In 2015 WPX employed 1-thousand 75 people, local news reports say when the job culling ends they’ll have 650 employees!
Pennsylvania: Air Products laid off 26 people due to crashing demand for natural gas equipment. Packaging Corporation of America eliminating 51 jobs before Thanksgiving. Cheetah Chassis Corporation issued a layoff WARN, but didn’t say how many people would become unemployed. ATI (Allegheny Technologies) shutting down its Specialty Alloys and Components factory in Frackville, 40 jobs gone by Xmas.
Tennessee: What construction industry recovery? Maker of plumbing fixtures, Kohler eliminating 161 jobs at its Union City factory! Administrators blame crashing sales.
Texas: Houston based ConocoPhillips began 1-thousand layoffs around the world, including 3-hundred people in Canada, and is selling-off its stake in the Indonesian oil-gas field! Houston based Noble Energy warning of more layoffs despite slowly rising oil prices. Colorado based Whiting Petroleum issued a WARN saying at least 102 Texans will become unemployed by the end of November! Whiting is selling-off its Texas ops. In Houston, filter maker Purolator shutting down due to “sustained market challenges”, 74 jobs gone. Prime Flight Aviation Services lost contracts with several airlines and will eliminate 90 jobs at the San Antonio International Airport.
Virginia: Industrial fastener and glue maker Norsdon Corporation shutting down its Pulaski factory, as part of plans to consolidate operations to Ohio (which will affect 260 employees in Pulanski, and employees at two other factories in Pennsylvania and Ohio). Apparently Nordon’s primary cutomers are down to just Deutschland and Thailand, yet they reported their earnings were better-than-expected for their 3rd quarter.
Washington: France based make-up maker L’oreal eliminating 120 jobs at its Redmond and Kent operations, by Thanksgiving!
Washington DC: The U.S. Federal Reserve Bank admitted that U.S. factory production is stagnating. In August production dropped 0.4%, canceling out the piddly 0.4% increase in July.
West Virginia: US Well Services laid off 60 people (according to employees), administrators admitted their ops in Jane Lew “…did not win the work we thought we were going to…” Caterpillar Global Mining shutting down their one year old Bluefield call center, an undisclosed number of people jobless by the end of October.
Wisconsin: Brillion Iron Works shutting down, 342 jobs killed by new owner Metaldyne Performance Group! Graebel Van Lines eliminating 50 jobs by the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday, due to consolidation of billing ops. Machined parts maker Spirit Manufacturing shutting down one of its operations, 60 jobs lost due to “changing business circumstances”.
August 2016 : “A FINANCIALLY RUINOUS GAME OF MUSICAL CHAIRS”
WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification.
I found a 2010 AFL-CIO analysis (titled The Public Availability of WARN Notices: Lack of Accessibility and Disclosure…) which proves what I’ve been suspecting in my search of state WARN notices; most states are not complying with federal WARN regulations and are not publicizing or tracking mass layoffs.
Former employees who receive severance are not counted as unemployed!
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.”
It must be noted that I started documenting these education shutdowns at the beginning of 2014, in that year I posted the reports biannually (every six months). In 2015 education cutbacks ramped up and I posted quarterly (every three months). For the past eight months of 2016 there have been so many education cutbacks that I’ve posted a report every month!
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.
Incomplete list of publicly announced education related layoffs & school shutdowns, September 2016:
California: Reports of unknown rash affecting 40 teachers and children at Lake Forest Elementary, in Orange County. Some victims say the rash looks and feels like “bug bites”. Orange County health administrators ruled out vectors. A local TV station showed video of the lawn at the school with Do Not Cross ‘tape’ around it, school admin refused to comment but parents say many of the affected students were playing on the lawn (chemical contamination?).
Idaho: State education administrators and ‘lawmakers’ debating new ways to divy out dwindling taxpayer funding for schools, some plans would see as much as $131-million USD cut from school funding! School district administrators also told ‘lawmakers’ that ObamaCare mandated employee health insurance is sucking up more and more taxpayer funding. Blue Cross of Idaho provides the insurance for Idaho teachers and jacked up their rates by 16.5% in 2015. One plan for handling ObamaCare insurance for Idaho teachers could actually cost taxpayers an additional $17-million! Budget policy analyst Paul Headlee warned “This is a This is a particularly complex and potentially expensive endeavor, endeavor.”
Illinois: In Mount Carmel, District 348 shutting down South Elementary at the end of their school year. It’s blamed on building repair costs and years of tax funding cuts due to years of Disappearing Students Syndrome. In Obama’s Failed Homie State of Chicago, after years of slowly declining enrollments Chicago Public Schools reported a sudden 3.5% drop in enrollments, compared to last school year. Administrators are now warning of even more layoffs.
Indiana: ITT Tech now officially bankrupt dead after the U.S. Department of Education banned the for-profit national school from accepting new students who rely on federal education loans or grants, because it couldn’t prove graduates were getting good paying jobs. 8-thousand jobs gone, at least 35-thousand students screwed! I find it par-for-the-course (in this age of Dumbing Down) that many former ITT students say they were unaware of the school’s problems, despite at least two months of news reports!
Michigan: In Detroit, the Big Bookstore near Wayne State University shutting down, due to the owner getting an incredible offer for the land from a property developer.
Minnesota: Blaine based Regency Beauty Institute suddenly shutdown all 79 campuses across the country. Administrators say there is a conspiracy to Dumb Down the U.S. : “…declining numbers of cosmetology students nationwide, a negative characterization of for-profit education by regulators and politicians that continues to worsen and, in light of these factors, an inability to obtain continued financing…. ..The environment is simply not one that allows us to remain open.”
New York: God powerless to stop ‘his’ College of Saint Rose from possibly eliminating 23 jobs due to a $9-million shortfall, despite boasting of a record number of enrollments this school year! It should be noted that the College of Saint Rose is deeply involved/connected with U.S. attorneys and court judges, unAmerican corporate America and the main stream news media.
North Dakota: North Dakota State University eliminating 95 jobs through attrition, buyouts, and vacant positions will not be filled. Remaining employees will have their hours reduced. Administrators say they must cut their 2017-19 budget by $15.7-million USD!
Oregon: In Northeast Portland, pissed-off parents say the now dead Tiny Revolution Montessori failed to refund their money after shutting down without warning on 04 September. What’s more interesting is that according to court documents the school owners knew they would be shutting down back in July!
Pennsylvania: DuBois Business College shutting down all four campuses due to problems with the Accrediting Council of Independent Colleges and Schools (ACICS).
Texas: In Bryan, after 30 years of supplying educators Jacque’s Toys and Books shutting down after Halloween.
Wyoming: It’s been revealed (nationally) that the shutdown of Midwest School, back in May, was caused by the oil industry. To show you how much the oil industry controls The Cowboy State an oil well ‘donkey pump’ was planted on one end of the school’s football-track field! The school had to shutdown because gas from the pumping of the well filled the only school for the town of Midwest!
Incomplete list of U.S. retail/banking/service sector job loss announcements and shutdowns for September 2016:
Arkansas: Bentonville based Walmart continues eliminating jobs, this time 7-thousand accounting jobs at stores across the U.S., over the next few months! Administrators claim they’ll hire more customer service employees. B.Jaxx Accessories shutdown in Saline County after ten years: “I can’t stress enough how important it is to shop local.”-company Facebook post
California: San Francisco based Wells Fargo going down. At one time the top Too Big to Jail bank in the U.S., based on ‘market value’, it’s now crashing & burning after revelations by the city of Los Angeles, and the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, that 2-million of Wells Fargo accounts are fake! Wells Fargo agreed to pay $185-million USD to settle the charges. The state treasurer has suspended billions of dollars in taxpayer funded investments with the bank. In an apparent move to shift blame Wells Fargo administrators fired 5-thousand 3-hundred employees, many had tried to blow the whistle on the scam! But that backfired as former employees, some who quit many years ago because they realized Wells Fargo was stacking the deck, have launched massive lawsuits showing it’s been Wells Fargo policy to create fake accounts for decades (supposedly starting in 1998)! Employees were also made to work overtime without pay. Wells Fargo illegally repossed military personnel’s vehicles while on deployment, and don’t forget it was proven in court years ago that Wells Fargo was the lead bank in the home foreclosure scams! How many other Too Big to Jail banks are playing the same game (called Cross-Selling) to make their stockholders happy? Wells Fargo could be the tip of the banking industry ice berg that’s about to be smashed into tiny pieces.
CNN: How to tell if any bank opened fake accounts with your name
Forbes: Close Your Account!
In San Rafael, Genworth Financial issued a shutdown WARN, 58 jobs gone after Halloween. In San Francisco, clothier Benny Gold shutting down its six years old store on 16th Street, and moving to a new location. Hertz issued a layoff WARN for its vehicle rental/sales ops in San Francisco, 156 jobs lost by November! In Palo Alto, after 51 years Keeble & Shuchat Photography shutting down in October, the owners warning that “small retail is just really doomed”. In Long Beach, Tanaka Lawnmower shutdown after 33 years, the aged owners say it’s too hard to see to make repairs to customer’s lawnmowers. In San Jose, Camera 12 (formerly United Artists movie theater) shutdown after ten years of losses. In Reedley, Sunnyside Bicycles shutdown due to greedy landlords: “The lease was up, and we just couldn’t come to an agreement with the landowners….. Business was good….it’s like jumping out of a perfectly good airplane!”-John McCracken
Colorado: Office Max shutting down their Pueblo store as part of plans to shutdown an additional 3-hundred U.S. stores.
Connecticut: In Stamford, Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) issued two layoff WARNs, 43 jobs lost between Halloween and Thanksgiving. Stamford based Starwoods Hotel and Resorts will begin eliminating jobs due ot being taken over by Marriot. The world’s largest hedge fund company, Bridgewater Associates, has new administrators who think the company has become too large and as such will begin eliminating an undisclosed number of jobs. After surviving The Great Depression, Clough’s Hardware & Gifts shutdown in Stratford. God powerless to stop the British empire based Salvation Army from shutting down four thrift stores in The Constitution State. Perhaps the not-so recovered economy is what Salvation Army admin was refereing to in this statement: “…current circumstances have made supporting these programs through these store locations impossible.”
Florida: France based travel and ’emergency’ insurance agency AXA Assistance eliminating 40 jobs in Miami, between November 2016 and February 2017. In Melbourne, after 53 years Southern Photo suddenly shutdown by unfinished road construction: “Quite simply, while we await answers from the Florida (Department of Transportation), we find that our best efforts to operate our business are not enough to navigate through the environment in which we find ourselves today.”– Lisa Stirtzinger, owner
Underwood’s shutting down its six years old Avenues Mall jewelry store, directly blaming the not-so-recovered economy: “They’re not shopping the same way they did, because they don’t have the money.”-C. Clayton Bromberg, owner
Georgia: In Athens, Masada Leather & Outdoor shutdown after 40 years. The owner says he’ll focus on custom leather work only, at a smaller location.
Hawaii: Japan based Fujifilm shutting down their Oahu office, 24 jobs gone by the end of the year.
Illinois: In Northbrook, Maurice Sporting Goods shutting down, 49 jobs gone by November. Insurance and financial services company AIG eliminating 70 Springfield jobs by Xmas. Local news reports say no reason was given. The Illinois state treasurer is going after Wells Fargo to “suspend billions of dollars” in taxpayer funded ‘investments’.
Indiana: In Alexandria, after 45 years Cox Hallmark Gift Shop shutdown. In Shelbyville, Connor Jewelry shutdown after 81 years, the current owners blame ‘big box’ and internet competition.
Iowa: In Forest City, after more than 20 years re-sale store, and vocational services for mentally handicapped people, KrysMart shutdown. The operators said they could no longer maintain the operation. In West Des Moines, after 30 years Letter Perfect stationary shop shutdown, the 71 years old owner said it’s time to retire.
Kentucky: In Lexington two entertainment venues going down, the Cinemark Movies 10 theater and Premiere Home Video.
Maryland: In Cantonsville, 121 years old Plymouth Wallpaper Furnishing & Gifts may-or may-not be shutting down. A ‘space available’ sign has been posted and the owners told local news “We’re testing the waters for alternatives to the real estate owned by the company.”
Massachusetts: After 54 years The Surrey Shoppe shutdown. It should be noted that the Christian owners (who used a Bible in their window display) admitted that during the time of the christian imposed ‘Sharia’ law (aka Blue Laws) banning businesses from being open on Sunday, they rebelled and remained open seven days a week. In Greenfield, after almost 1-hundred years Home Furnishing Company shutting down in October. In Springfield, after 54 years Clothes Tree shutdown the owners blaming unAmerican corporate America for killing the jobs that employed their loyal customers, saying “…they brought in machines and got rid of all the girls.”
Michigan: In Livonia, after ten years Scrappy Chic scrapbook shop shutting down by the end of October, unless a new owner is found. In Port Huron, after five years Bargain Barn shutdown becasue the ‘god fearing’ property owners, Cross Current Church, refused to renew the lease.
Missouri: In Woodside, after 70 years Surplus City shutting down, the owner says slow sales (5% -10% decline every year since 2011) are a sign that it’s time to retire. In Monett, after 46 years retail store Brownsberger shutdown, so the 70 years old owner can retire. California based First Allied Securities shutting down its Chesterfield office as part of its consolidation operations.
Nebraska: SWBC (SouthWest Business Corporation) laid off 15 people while at the same time is advertising for 20 vacant positions. In Omaha, after 45 years Post & Nickel shutdown, the owners say they need to focus on their Lincoln store.
Nevada: In Sparks, after 19 years The Century 14 Theater shutdown with only a few days notice to the public.
New Hampshire: After 30 years Gilford Gift Outlet shutdown, not because of low sales (the owner claims sales are great) but because the owner is getting ready to retire.
New Jersey: After 70 years the Spring Lake Variety Store shutdown. The 74 years old owner of 80 years old Pettersons Men’s Shop shut-it-down so he can retire. Bankrupt clothier Aeropostale eliminating 108 jobs in Lyndhurst, by November! In Fair Haven, popular Bike Haven shutting down due to the not-so-recovered economy and to greedy landlords: “They’re basically doubling the rent.”-Cliff Wittenberg, owner
New York: What housing market recovery? In Elma, Seneca Mortgage will begin laying off mortgage servicing employees in December, due to selling out to competitor National Mortgage Holdings. In Williamsville, PHH Mortgage laying off 91 people in January 2017, due to “Reduction in loan originations.” In Rochester, after 67 years R.C. Shaheen Paint & Decorating Center officially shutdown as winners of the auction picked up their merchandise, the owner blames the ‘big box’ stores. In Massena, 115 years old Smith’s True Value Hardware shutting down by the end of next month. In Hicksville, matress retailer Sleepy’s issued a shutdown WARN for its Finance & Accounting Unit, 28 jobs lost after Xmas due to “restructuring”. In NYC, Oscar Insurance moving 31 jobs to The Grand Canyon State of Arizona, right after Xmas. Best Buy shutting down their Lawrence store by mid November, 60 jobs lost due to “economic” reasons. Bankrupt clothier Aeropostale issued a shutdown WARN for its NYC HQ and corporate offices, 228 jobs gone right before Xmas! American Capital issued a shutdown WARN for its NYC office, 53 jobs lost before Xmas due to merger with a competitor. Too Big to Jail Goldman Sachs eliminated 90 jobs within its Asian market offices, blaming it on a decline in Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A). The Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation’s Clinton Global Initiative notified “dozens” of employees of layoffs by the end of the year, due to the wind down of operations.
North Carolina: What housing market recovery? Property manger Kornerstone Community Management now chapter 7 bankrupt dead and under investigation by the Garner Police Department.
North Dakota: In Fargo, successful Junk Giant shutdown so the owners can focus on even more successfull Vinyl Giant. In Williston, oil industry BS forcing two hotels to shutdown, with only a few days notice; Missouri Flats Inn and Marquis Plaza and Suites.
Ohio: Fifth Third Bank shutting down 44 offices in addition to the 1-hundred office shutdowns announced in 2015. Administrators warned that bank office shutdowns will “…be an annual exercise.” In Plain, J&D Surplus Junk Store shutting down by the end of October. The Columbus Motor Speedway shutdown after 71 years of racing, it’s being turned into a park with rugby fields.
Oklahoma: In Oklahoma City, after 69 years iconic ‘hot rod’ parts retailer Parr Automotive shutdown. A massive auction of hot rodder automobila, and the property itself, will be held towards the end of October.
Oregon: In Roseburg, taxpayer funded Goodwill shutting down their store on Diamond Lake Boulevard (Goodwill’s job training program is mainly funded with federal tax-dollars, not your donations). Local Goodwill administrators claim they can’t afford the new lease. In Astoria, after 15 years Rent-A-Center shutdown due to increased competition and rent. In Springfield, after 26 years Ben Franklin Crafts & Frame Shop shutdown. The owners blame the greedy landlord for suddenly, and unexplainedly, refusing to renew the lease: “They said they didn’t have someone else in mind for the space. I don’t think they’ve tried to make it available to anyone yet.”-Paul Johnson, co-owner
Pennsylvania: Customer services contractor IBEX Global eliminating 79 jobs at the end of October. TV based retailer QVC laid off an additional 1-hundred people at its West Chester HQ! QVC has eliminated at least 247 jobs since 2015, however, administrators claim they’re hiring for their California operations.
South Carolina: Best Buy shutting down their Beaufort store by the end of October. It’s part of Best Buy’s policy not to renew the leases on their stores.
Tennessee: Citizens National Bank of Athens eliminated 55 jobs due to being taken over by Simmons First National. In Franklin, soap shop Bathos shutdown after 18 years. The owner say he will now focusing on internet and event sales, and on his real estate job. In Hermitage, Mitt Romney wunderkind Staples shutdown yet another store. In Johnson City, the Animal Shelter Thirft Store shutting down so the owner can retire. The local animal shelter must now find new funding for its program.
Texas: British empire Canada owned golf retailer Golfsmith now chapter 11 bankrupt busted, for sale, and already shutting down its 109 U.S. stores. Too Big to Jail Capital One shutting down branches in Tyler and Jacksonville by December, they’re going digital. Mortgage lender One Main Financial eliminating 29 additional jobs in Irvine in November. News reports say One Main has laid off 116 people in Irvine, since it was sold to Springleaf last year.
Vermont: Five months after a co-op took over management of Underhill Country Store they’ve thrown in the towel saying “Unfortunately with the reserves that we have and the overhead we have, we couldn’t do it there was just no path that was sustainable.” God refuses to stop ‘his’ British empire based Salvation Army from shutting down their thrift store in Burlington. Local news said an unnamed employee blamed crashing sales and skyrocketing costs of operation.
Virginia: The Martin Agency laid off 29 people after losing an advertising account with Walmart.
Washington: Taxsucker Chugach Federal Services eliminating 83 government contractor jobs by October in an effort to be more efficient. In Marysville, after 93 years Carr’s Hardware shutting down. The third generation family owners claim sales are good, they’re just tired of it.
Washington DC: Members of Congress demanded that the Federal Reserve Bank take action against Wells Fargo: “Will you at least seriously consider breaking up Wells Fargo?”–Brad Sherman, Represenative from California questioning Janet Yellen’s lack of action against Too Big to Jail banks
West Virginia: In Fairmont, decades old The Fashion Scene shutdown so the 77 years old owner can retire.
Wisconsin: Northwestern Mutual eliminating 1-hundred jobs by the end of this year, and “hundreds more” next year!
September 2016 Tech/Communications losses: YES HE CAN, OBAMA GIVES IT ALL TO ICANN!
SEARS KMART UPDATE, September 2016: 2,583 STORES UP FOR LEASE OR SALE!
August 2016: “WE PLAN TO SELL IT DOWN TO THE BONES.”
WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification.
I found a 2010 AFL-CIO analysis (titled The Public Availability of WARN Notices: Lack of Accessibility and Disclosure…) which proves what I’ve been suspecting in my search of state WARN notices; most states are not complying with federal WARN regulations and are not publicizing or tracking mass layoffs.
Former employees who receive severance are not counted as unemployed!
Employees of religious non-profits might not qualify for unemployment assistance: “If the non-profit organization is a church, you may or may not be entitled to unemployment. It all depends upon state regulations for church employers. In many cases, churches are allowed to set their own rules regarding unemployment benefits, meaning the church can choose whether to offer benefits to former employees.”
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.”
03 October 2016 (02:37 UTC-07 Tango 01) 12 Mehr 1395/01 Muharram 1438/03 Wu Zu 4714
Ironically the country which is the origin of true Islamic Extremism has just adopted the western ‘christian’ Gregorian calendar system!
The wahhabist Kingdom of Saudi Arabia began officially using the Gregorian calendar on 02 October 2016, and it’s all about the money. The move specifically targets its own civil servants, reducing their annual pay by 11 days! There are 11 less work days in the Gregorian calendar than in the Saudi lunar calendar (which was established in 1932, Gregorian time).
Because of oil prices being below $70 USD per barrel, and its U.S. supported invasions of neighboring countries, the monarchy of Saudi Arabia now faces a $100-billion shortfall.
By the way, the so called christian Gregorian calender was created more than 1-thousand 5-hundred years after the crucifixion of Jesus of Nazareth.
GOD IS EVIL: ISRAEL RAPES U.S. TAXPAYERS OF $38-BILLION IN MILITARY FUNDING!
SAUDI ARABIA KILLS $5-MILLION FOR IDAHO!
U.S. ALLY SAUDI SHARI POLICE ENFORCE ANTI-POKEMON LAW!
IRAN CAPTURES MORE U.S.-SAUDI BACKED TERRORISTS TARGETING POLICE!
SAUDI ARABIA CONTROLS U.S. REFINERIES?
SAUDI ARABIA BOMBS THEIR OWN BLACKWATER MERCENARIES!
YET AGAIN, ANOTHER U.S. ALLY SAUDI PRINCE ARRESTED FOR DRUGS TRAFFICKING!
More proof you brick-n-mortar store owners can’t directly blame the internet/high-tech competition for your demise. Incomplete list of U.S. internet/high-tech/communications job destruction announcements in September 2016:
Alabama: AT&T eliminating 190 jobs due to consolidation of some operations to Georgia! Scottsdale based e-cig maker NJOY now bankrupt busted, blaming declining sales for creating $234-million USD of debt.
Arizona: Japan based Ricoh eliminating 68 call center jobs in Tempe. ARRIS Group eliminating 195 call center jobs in Phoenix!
California: Unnammed employees report that Apple eliminated “dozens” of jobs with its self driving car project in an attempt to “reboot” the project. Open Source data mining op H2O.ai (0xdata) announced a shift in strategy for raising cash, then laid off nine sales people. After laying off an undisclosed number of Disney Imagineering employees last month, Disney announced the elimination of 250 additional jobs at it’s video game studios in Glendale! Also in Glendale, Dreamworks eliminating 226 jobs due to being taken over by NBCUniversal-Comcast! Japan based Sony laid off at least 40 video game makers from its Sony San Diego Studios. Solar panel installer Verengo now bankrupt and eliminating at least 82 jobs right before Thanksgiving. Solar power company Enphase Energy eliminating 11% of its global workforce “…to increase our competitiveness…” Struggling solar power company SunEdison laid off 17 people in Belmont, without warning. In Mountain View, Symantec issued a layoff WARN, 23 jobs gone by November. In Sunnyvale, Hewlett Packard revealed it had eliminated 77 jobs back in the middle of August. Southern California Edison eliminating 43 jobs in Rosemead, by Halloween. Technology Solutions shutdown its Chula Vista ops, 102 jobs gone! In San Jose, Synaptics Incorporated finally revealed it laid off 77 people, back in July. Xerox laid off 19 people in Irvine. Pacific Laser Systems shutdown its San Rafael ops, 69 jobs gone. Internet clothier drjays.com issued a shutdown WARN for their San Diego ops. In Milpitas, Western Digital issued a layoff WARN, 59 people jobless by October.
Connecticut: Stamford based cell phone service company Frontier Communications announced it will kill 250 jobs in connection to its take-over of Verizon’s California, Florida and Texas networks!
Florida: Taxsucker Honeywell Sensing and Productivity Solutions eliminating 52 jobs in the name of “efficiency”, starting in January 2017. Contracted telecommunications/customer service company Sitel eliminating 199 jobs in Ocala, right after Halloween!
Illinois: Now China owned Motorola Mobility eliminated between 7-hundred and 1-thousand jobs! Ever since Lenovo’s take-over of Chicago based Motorola Mobility, in 2014, thousands of jobs have been killed globally. Rubicon Technology shutting down its six years old factory in Batavia, affecting 50 jobs by December. Rubicon Technology also laying off 17 people at its Bensenville ops, by November.
Louisiana: Monroe based CenturyLink sent employees a letter stating that 3-thousand 5-hundred jobs are on the chopping block! The employee cost reduction layoffs will begin immediately.
Main: Xerox shutting down their Lewiston customer service ops in October, 140 jobs lost!
Maryland: Taxsucker Textron Systems eliminating 45 jobs at its ‘drone’ factory in Baltimore, blaming it on a “…change in the mix…”.
Massachusetts: EnerNOC eliminating more than 2-hundred software jobs as “…part of a broader restructuring plan designed to materially reduce the Company’s operating expenses..”!
New Jersey: Gannett eliminating 426 Satellite Information Network jobs right before the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday! Is the true reason because Gannett continues spending millions of dollars buying out competitors? Tax-haven Ireland based security systems company Tyco International eliminating ten jobs at its Princeton location, after Xmas.
New York: IBM continues mass layoffs, unnamed employees report that layoff notices continue to be issued despite IBM administrators claiming they have 25-thousand open positions! IBM claims the jobs they’re eliminating are “redundancies”, and the layoffs are part of plans to shift to cloud computing.
Oregon: Florida based Sykes shutting down their Eugene call center, 418 jobs gone by the end of October!
Pennsylvania: Tribune-Review eliminating 106 jobs as it shifts to digital editions only, by the end of November!
Texas: Austin based internet news outlet The Daily Dot laid off at least 15 people in an effort to do “…the right thing for the long-term sustainability of the Dot…”. Round Rock based Dell plans to eliminate 3-thousand jobs after its take-over of EMC!
Washington: Massachusetts based Lionbridge Technologies eliminated 31 jobs at its Bellevue ops due to losing a contract with Microsoft. Redmond based Microsoft shutting down a Skype office in United Kingdom, about 2-hundred jobs lost! In Aberdeen, after 30 years Techline shutting down so the owners can retire for good.
Washington DC: Oh yes he can! The Obama regime transfered control of the internet to a supposedly California based ‘non-profit’ corporation called Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), ending decades of oversight by the government’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA). The states of Arizona, Nevada, Oklahoma and Texas have filed lawsuits to try and stop the transfer of total internet power.
September 2016 Government Shenanigans: MARIJUANA SAVES COLORADO! ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS PROTECTED IN IDAHO?
August 2016 Tech/Communication layoffs: “WITH SUCH FAST GROWTH, WE LOST SOME FOCUS…”
WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification
Former employees who receive severance are not counted as unemployed