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Last Full-Size Kmart Store In US, Located On Long Island, Set To Close: Here's Where, When Last Full-Size Kmart Store In US, Located On Long Island, Set To Close: Here's Where, When
Last Full-Size Kmart Store In US, Located On Long Island, Set To Close: Here's Where, When The nation's last remaining full-size Kmart discount department store is just weeks away from permanently closing, according to a new report. The New York store, located on Long Island, will close on Sunday, Oct. 20, a store employee told NBC affiliate WJAR in Providence on Sunday, Sept. 22. The store is in Bridgehampton on Montauk Highway (Route 27). A smaller format store in Miami, Florida remains open, the report said. Kmart operated around 2,500 stores at its peak in the early 90s, according to government filings. It merged with Sears in 2005. Earlier remaining full-size Kmart stores…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Popular Discount Bakery Chain Shutters All NY Stores Popular Discount Bakery Chain Shutters All NY Stores
Popular Discount Bakery Chain Shutters All NY Stores It’s the end of an era for bakery bargain shoppers as longtime staple Freihofer’s Bakery Outlet has permanently closed. The discount bakery chain has shuttered dozens of stores across the Northeast, including all of its New York, Connecticut, and Massachusetts locations. “After careful analysis and consideration, we made the difficult decision to permanently close 28 of our outlet stores…” a representative for Bimbo Bakeries, Freihofer's parent company, told Daily Voice. Any leftover products were expected to be donated to local food banks. “We appreciate all of our associates who worked …

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by Michael Mashburn
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Godiva Chocolate Closing All US Stores Godiva Chocolate Closing All US Stores
Godiva Chocolate Closing All US Stores Godiva Chocolate is closing all of its North American stores. The mass closure will affect 128 stores in the United States and Canada. Outposts in Europe, the Middle East, and China will remain open. Godiva will stay open through Valentine’s Day, but closures will be completed by March, according to CNN and other media sources. The news comes as a new Godiva CEO steps in, Nurtac Ziyal Afridi, who was appointed in mid-December 2020. Godiva said, in a press release, that its business has been shifting from in-store purchases to online orders through its own and partner websites. The near…

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by Kristin Palpini
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Luxury Retailer Barneys Sets Closing Date For Its Stores Luxury Retailer Barneys Sets Closing Date For Its Stores
Luxury Retailer Barneys Sets Closing Date For Its Stores Barneys New York luxury goods stores and its corporate office will officially be closed later this month, costing hundreds of jobs after the company went bankrupt. The once iconic luxury retailer will shutter the doors of 15 stores across the country as of Sunday, Feb. 23, with 719 employees losing their jobs, according to the New York State Department of Labor. According to reports, any employee at the 97-year-old chain who has worked for the company at least two years received five-weeks severance, though workers did not receive accrued vacation time. The closures come after Barneys file…

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by Zak Failla
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Long Island Store Among Six New JCPenney Store Closures Scheduled Long Island Store Among Six New JCPenney Store Closures Scheduled
Long Island Store Among Six New JCPenney Store Closures Scheduled A Long Island location is one of six JCPenney stores nationally that will be closing by the end of April. The store is located at the Green Acres Mall on Sunrise Highway (Route 27) in Valley Stream. A company spokesperson confirmed the closure to Business Insider. The other locations scheduled to close by April 24 are in Montana, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma and South Carolina, Business Insider reported.

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by Joe Lombardi
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Long Island Dollar Tree Store Closing Long Island Dollar Tree Store Closing
Long Island Dollar Tree Store Closing Dollar Tree announced it will be shutting down one of its Long Island stores by the end of the month. The Deer Park location on Commack Road will close by the middle of January, a company spokesperson announced. When it closes its doors, there will be 50 Dollar Tree stores remaining on Long Island, with at least two more scheduled to open later this year. The closure comes just four years after the 13,000-square-foot store originally opened in the busy shopping center. According to a Dollar Tree spokesperson “we occasionally close stores for a variety of reasons, including the sale of the …

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by Zak Failla
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New Kmart Store Closure Announced On Long Island New Kmart Store Closure Announced On Long Island
New Kmart Store Closure Announced On Long Island A Long Island Kmart will close this fall. The Kmart store at 2280 North Ocean Ave in the Expressway Plaza in Farmingville will close for "economic" reasons, according to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) filing submitted to the New York State Department of Labor. The store closing will affect 91employees. The employee separations will occur Nov. 13 or during a 14-day period starting on that date, said the notice. A Transform statement about store closings dated Aug. 6 said 26 large-format Sears and Kmart store would be closing in late…

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by Donna Christopher