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Party City closing in San Luis Obispo, everything on sale

December 22, 2024

By KAREN VELIE

Another victim of the economy, Party City is closing its more than 800 stores, including its store in San Luis Obispo.

After nearly 40 years in business, Party City is joining a growing list of retail stores that have closed as prices have risen and the public has less discretionary funds. Known as the largest party supply store in the country, Party City employs approximately 6,400 full-time and 10,100 part-time workers.

Currently, everything in the store is at least 50% off, according to the company website. The stores as slated to close in February.

 


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Let’s not cry over the closure of another strip mall store with low pay and cheap plastic bleep. Let’s wait for another plastic trash business to rent the spot.


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But but but…we’ve been scolded since the end of Covid, that the economy is stronger than ever before in US history, and the California economy is the envy of the world!


…or something like that.


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What does California economy have to do with a corporation who operates in 70 countries?


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How can I explain this…


…Oh! I know! See, they close the stores that are shown to be in the negative, or “in the red” as the vernacular goes. So, no matter where the corporate offices are, they are aware of which stores are making money.


Apparently, the California stores and ours in particular, due to the awful economy of the state, are not making enough money to warrant their continuing operation.


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Over 800 Party City stores closed more than a year ago. California’s are the last to close.


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The economic carnage continues… when will the people of California wake up and replace the people in charge of our once great state?…

While the rest of the country is getting back on track California keeps sinking…


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Party City has 850 outlets in 70 countries. They first filed bankruptcy 2 years ago. So this is somehow “the people in charge” of California’s fault?


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But this one is in our county…. if you are trying to suggest that California is a business paradise you would be wrong… and its not just this store… my goodness look around…


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Gosh, there was something going on, really big, about 2 years ago, just about every business was forced to shut down, and I just can’t recall what it was.


Maybe if I put my mask on, it will come to me…


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Over 800 stores across the nation with about one-tenth of them in Texas and more than 60 in Florida. Should the voters in those states replace the people in charge? They are mostly Republican Trumpers. I figured you liked them.


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Its not just this store that can’t make it here…


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But the economy is great for those in government, raises continue, a brankrupt pension system still pays, the government is one of the biggest employers in the state and until that changes there is little hope.


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Rambunctious. Honestly look around you. Is the economy doing that bad? Americans are buying $1.5 million dollar homes and driving Tesla trucks. Americans are shopping like crazy. Not sure if you have filtered the whining from what is actually going on.


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