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Greenwich, CT
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Locally Owned, Operated GNC In Greenwich Marks 24th Year In Business
Though hundreds of GNC stores are closing after the company filed for bankruptcy this week, one location in Fairfield County is open and thriving - and has been for nearly a quarter of a century. The GNC in the Riverside Commons Shopping Center on East Putnam Avenue in Greenwich will continue to stay open, serving the customers who have frequented it since 1997, franchise owner Michael Saluzzi wants the community to know. Earlier story - COVID-19: GNC Files For Bankruptcy, Will Close About 1,200 Stores Saluzzi opened his first GNC franchise in Brooklyn in 1992 before setting up shop in Fai…
Torrington, CT
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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…
Paramus, NJ
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JCPenney Files For Bankruptcy
JCPenney has filed for bankruptcy, becoming the largest retailer to crumble during the coronavirus crisis. The retailer has 11 stores in New Jersey and is expected to announce which ones will close in the coming weeks. JCPenney hopes to come out of Chapter 11 "and this pandemic as a stronger retailer," company CEO Jill Soltau said. The Garden State Plaza location shuttered in March 2018. Click here for more from the New York Times.
Torrington, CT
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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…
Jersey City, NJ
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: Paul McCartney Rocks Jersey City Waterfront Restaurant
Sir Paul McCartney had a packed house singing and dancing -- and recording -- at an invitation-only party on the Hudson River waterfront over the weekend. Wife Nancy Shevell, an Edison native, joined the gum-chewing, 77-year-old musical legend as he removed his jacket and launched the band into the Beatles' "I Saw Her Standing There" at the Hudson House in Jersey City Saturday night. The event was reportedly a farewell party for Shevell's family's Elizabeth-based New England Motor Freight company, which filed for Chapter 11 in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Newark earlier this year. McCartney an…
Scarsdale, NY
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Payless Going Out Of Business, With Eight Westchester Stores Among Closures
Another iconic retailer is going out of business. Payless ShoeSource will be closing all of its 2,100 remaining stores in the U.S. and Puerto Rico. The chain had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection nearly two years ago, closing hundreds of stores as part of its reorganization. Liquidation sales start Sunday, Feb. 17 with all stores staying open until the end of March with many others remaining in business until May. Store closures in the Hudson Valley and Fairfield County are as follows: Hudson Valley Westchester County Burlington Shopping Center, Yonkers Cortlan…
Mount Pleasant, NY
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Fashion Retailer Charlotte Russe To Close Stores In Westchester, Rockland
Another traditional brick-and-mortar retailer will soon be shuttering its doors in the Hudson Valley. Charlotte Russe Holding Corp., which operates Charlotte Russe, a fashion brand for females filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection over the weekend, impacted local stores. The company announced that it is planning to close 94 stores, including locations at the Jefferson Valley Mall in Yorktown Heights and Rockland Plaza on Route 59 in Nanuet. The stores at the Galleria Mall in White Plains and Palisades Center in West Nyack were not on the initial list of locations closing. Charlotte Ru…
White Plains, NY
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Two Westchester Diners File For Bankruptcy
American Diner Group, Inc., which owns two popular eateries in Hawthorne and Yonkers, has filed for federal bankruptcy protection, according to multiple sources. The family-owned diners claim they were forced to file for bankruptcy because of an $837,000 U.S. Department of Labor judgment that was assessed last year for paying workers less than they had earned. American Classic Broadway Diner in Yonkers and American Classic Executive Diner in Hawthorne filed for Chapter 11 reorganization on May 2 in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in White Plains. “It is the debtor’s intention to immediately seek med…
