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Party City shutters after nearly 40 years, firing workers without severance pay

www.theguardian.com 20-12-2024 07:37 0.5 Minutes reading

Company went into bankruptcy in January 2023 under $1.7bn in debt, but remaining $800m too much to overcome

The party is over at Party City, once the largest supplier of balloons and other fun-time supplies in the US, as the company announced Friday it was closing down all of its stores, ending nearly 40 years in business.

Barry Litwin, the Party City CEO, told employees that the chain was “winding down” operations immediately and that today would be their last day of employment.

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