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COVID-19: Century 21 Files For Bankruptcy, Closing All Stores COVID-19: Century 21 Files For Bankruptcy, Closing All Stores
Covid-19: Century 21 Files For Bankruptcy, Closing All Stores Liquidation sales are under way at all 13 Century 21 stores after the company announced Thursday it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The impetus was a non-payment of approximately $175 million declined by the company's insurance provider as a direct result of losses during the COVID-19 pandemic, the company said in a press release. The off-price retail store in business for more than 60 years was left with "no viable alternative" to closing," the company's co-CEO Raymond Gindi said.  "While retailers across the board have suffered greatly due to COVID-19, and Century 2…

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by Cecilia Levine
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COVID-19: Retailer Closing Connecticut Location COVID-19: Retailer Closing Connecticut Location
Covid-19: Retailer Closing Connecticut Location A popular retailer has filed for bankruptcy and plans to permanently close nearly half its stores, including one in Connecticut, after temporary store closures amid the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Kitchen goods retailer Sur La Table made the Chapter 11 filing late this week, saying 51 of 121 stores will close. The Seattle-based company, founded in 1972, brands itself as "the leading retail destination for those passionate about cooking and entertaining." The company announced it would sell its remaining stores and brand names to Fortress Investment Group. "Following the sale, …

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by Joe Lombardi
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COVID-19: Chuck E. Cheese Files For Bankruptcy After Reopening Locations COVID-19: Chuck E. Cheese Files For Bankruptcy After Reopening Locations
Covid-19: Chuck E. Cheese Files For Bankruptcy After Reopening Locations The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis has claimed another victim. Chuck E. Cheese, the popular entertainment and pizza chain that has been the place to go for children's birthday parties for 43 years, has filed for bankruptcy protection after the virus forced locations to shut their doors more than three months ago. The bankruptcy announcement came after the company began reopening some locations as the region begins recovering from the COVID-19 outbreak. As of Wednesday, June 24, 266 Chuck E. Cheese and Peter Piper Pizza restaurant and arcade locations had reopened in accordance with th…

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by Zak Failla
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COVID-19: Retailer J.Crew, With 450 Stores Throughout Nation, Files For Bankruptcy COVID-19: Retailer J.Crew, With 450 Stores Throughout Nation, Files For Bankruptcy
Covid-19: Retailer J.Crew, With 450 Stores Throughout Nation, Files For Bankruptcy Amid a plunge in sales during the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, specialty retailer J.Crew has filed for bankruptcy. More Chapter 11 filings across the retail sector are expected in the coming weeks. J.Crew, which opened its first location in 1989, operates more than 450 stores throughout the United States. The company J.Crew, which was struggling financially before the pandemic hit, was acquired in 2011 by TPG Capital and Leonard Green & Partners for $3 billion. J.Crew said in a statement that it has filed a series of customary "first-day" motions with the Bankruptcy Cou…

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by Joe Lombardi