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Rite Aid Woodland Distribution Center Closing Furthering Retail Pain and Suffering

February 8, 2024 8:10 amFebruary 8, 2024 8:10 am

In October, Rite Aid filed for Chapter 11, a business reorganization in the bankruptcy court. Since then the pharmacy chain has closed 154 “underperforming” stores nationwide, and 42 in California. This week, Rite Aid announced it was also closing its...

California’s Economic Decline: College Students Look to Starbucks for Post Graduation Employment

January 30, 2024 8:19 amJanuary 30, 2024 9:47 am

California’s economy is so bad, college students are fighting to unionize Starbucks, in anticipation of their future jobs. “When we graduate, we want to enter a workforce where workers have a real voice on the job with their employers,” said...

Companies Hijacked by Justice-Oriented Employees – Which Is Next?

October 25, 2023 6:30 amOctober 25, 2023 6:30 am

As a company founder, you’ve worked years, perhaps decades, to build a successful brand slowly, carefully assembling the best team, tweaking it for positive direction, for ingenuity, growth and sustainability, prestige- rewarding the founders, investors and employees. Then, activists infiltrate...

Seven (!) Starbucks Closing in SF is Demise of Downtown Culture

October 3, 2023 6:37 pmOctober 3, 2023 6:37 pm

Starbucks is pulling out of much of San Francisco’s downtown Financial District, closing locations in the same area plagued by record-high vacant office space. [First reported by Business Times, and also here]. To some, Starbucks’ leaving is a good thing,...

OPINION: Democrat Policies Prove Deadly to West Hollywood Businesses

August 30, 2023 2:30 amAugust 30, 2023 2:31 am

The City of West Hollywood has been a Mecca for LGB Americans to visit and spend vacation time for decades. Unfortunately, the once vibrant and alive city is in a decline as businesses are going under and closing their doors....

Sacramento Starbucks Closes Over Crime and Safety Issues

September 1, 2022 2:33 pm

The latest Starbucks casualty is in Sacramento, along the Broadway corridor, wrought with blocks of homeless transients, escalating crime, and legitimate safety concerns for the residents and business owners who live and work there. “The growing crime wave in Los...

Starbucks Announces 6 LA Area Stores To Close Over Crime, Drug Problems

July 13, 2022 12:57 pm

The growing crime wave in Los Angeles and Southern California claimed a new retail victim on Tuesday when Starbucks announced that 6 stores in the LA area would be closing due to crime and safety issues. Starbucks had initially heavily...