[tflabo]

well hate to see business operations close their doors.

[relictele]

employees found out about the store closure through their general managers on Thursday

It seems this is a stock-standard blurb in stories like this but I always wonder: didn't the employees notice the sales figures and the mostly empty stores?

I'm no clairvoyant but I've worked with and for companies that were struggling and whose end was nigh and I got the hell out well before the bitter end. I realize that jobs may be scarce and that change is difficult but staying in a burning house is more difficult and foolish to boot.