Party City is DEAD TO ME

Time to call it a day.

100% Joe Biden and the Democrats fault. 1/20/25 can't happen fast enough.

A great metaphor for the state of the US right now.

Party City is an insatiable bottom!

Oh shit, where am I going to go now to buy unimaginably cheap plastic and paper crap?

What a night ce Christmas gift.

These brilliant capitalists are dropping left and right 😂

Nice

Pray tell, what does one buy at such an establisment?

I loved that store

no more parties for us

Aw, darn.

Our National Anthem

The party's over It's time to call it a day They've burst your pretty balloon And taken the moon away It's time to wind up the masquerade Just make your mind up the piper must be paid

It seemed to be right just being with him Now you must wake up, all dreams must end Take off your makeup, the party's over It's all over, my friend

Great store. This is sad.

R9- decorations, table settings/clothes, balloons, piñatas,and more. Everything you need for a party.

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You can buy it all online - and there's more choice. Party City was always overpriced.

I'm not surprised.

R17 reason for brick and mortar store downfall

I feel bad for the employees. Also a very bad time of year for them to lose their job.

Retailpocolypse 2.0

R5 Dollar Tree can fulfill your cheap deco needs

Where we gonna git ar wigs at?

Our chain (tied in with Canadian Tire) seems okay so far.

Just before the holidays?

Bad show.

Tsk.

Poor fraus - imagine losing Tupperware AND Party City in the same year.

What do you care about Party City anyway r25? You never throw any parties. Much less get invited to one.

[quote]You can buy it all online

Hence, the source of many of our isolated society's problems. Wake up, sheeple; shop in person and mingle with other people.

R27 I suspect that individual is a shut in and relishes in no human contact outside of inane DL POSTS.

I used to love that place.

Too bad Amazon doesn’t open up their warehouses and turn them into hybrid stores. We can pick up our own shit and look around like IKEA.

[quote] You can buy it all online

Blown up Mylar balloons?

Never have I ever.

My kids loved that store. Sad that it's closing. Just like Big Lots closing is sad. Big Lots had some cool things, too.

[quote] Dollar Tree can fulfill your cheap deco needs

And pound cake needs. They have it all!

Big Lots was never as good as predecessor Pic 'N' Save.

ELon Musk and RFK jr need to turn all these empty big box retail spaces into gyms and force Americans to Get Healthy Again!

I have lots of fond memories of Party City. The truth is, though, there is too much plastic in the world. Too much cheap crap. Too much cheap Chinese plastic crap. We would do well to evolve away from cheap, unbiodegradable, Chinese plastic crap.

For you Michiganders, this is not what you normally call a “party store”. They don’t carry booze.

I just went into a Nordstrom Rack for the first time the other day. I know I sound like Abe Simpson, but I just needed a 6 pack of cheap socks. I was completely appalled by all of the cheap plastic geegaws at the checkout line. Do all of these stores have aisles and aisles of cheap plastic junk? No wonder there's a giant plastic garbage island in the Pacific Ocean.

If people can afford to buy all of this junk, I don't want to ever hear about inflation or $8 eggs.

Even if it's a plastic egg with gewgaws?

I just watched a Peacock documentary on Richard Ramirez. There was this journalist who covered his case and got to know Ramirez's wife, Doreen. She said the last time she ran into her, Mrs. R was working in a party supply store. I wonder if it was a Party City.

The only recent closing that bothered me was the 99 Cents Only chain.

[quote] Wake up, sheeple; shop in person and mingle with other people.

Yes. It’s so much fun to drive to a store, search (often futilely) for what you need, try to get help from employees who may or may not know what they are talking about, and drive home without what you went for. So much better.

Big Lots and Party City, both, the week before Christmas. Bad for all involved

On my Bingo Card for '25? Commercial Real Estate Apocalypse! and the continued decline of retail.

[quote] I feel bad for the employees. Also a very bad time of year for them to lose their job.

They will be employed for two more months - the stores aren't closing until the end of February. They're unloading all their sh it for Christmas, New Years, Valentine's and Mardi Gras before they close for good.

DEAR LORD JEEBUS SPARE MY HOBBY LOOBY !!

I misread the title as "Park City" and thought this thread was about skiing.

It’s called monopolization.

Before seeing this thread I had no idea that all stores are closing. Damn, what a development.

I saw a news report that showed the “Dear Colleague” letter to the entire headquarters staff who were laid off effective immediately. It kept repeating the date December 20, 2024 like a mantra instead of saying “today” or “immediately.” It was very strange and cold.

At the end it identified some poor slob as the one person to call if you have any questions about your notification dated December 20, 2024 of the decision made December 20, 2024 to cease operations on December 20, 2024 and the instructions to get the fuck out on December 20, 2024.

If the entire headquarters staff was laid off, who is going to count the money from the continuing store operations and pay the workers in the stores?

Maybe they kept Ginny in Billing.

Why is Retail failing?

They kept a corpse, r50?

There have always been retail failings. Competition. Poor management. Failure to adapt.

Obviously they didn’t keep OUR Ginny in Billing. I was using her memory as a symbol of the heroic, overburdened, underpaid office Frau.

Was I wrong?

Too soon?

[quote]If the entire headquarters staff was laid off, who is going to count the money from the continuing store operations and pay the workers in the stores?

They have brought in former Congressman George Santos. He has proven to be very responsible with other people's money.

I met Amanda Plummer at a Party City a few years ago. She and I were both shopping for Halloween party items. We must have talked for a good 20 minutes. She was a delight.

You purchase balloons for parties and graduations 🎓

Did some call for me?

Party City announces plans to close all stores.

Why that's bad news for Joe Biden and the Democrats.

We travel to a truck stop diner in Bumfucke, Ohio, and interview toothless meth heads and $2 hookers trolling for their next Narcan fix to find out what real Americans are thinking.

-NY Times

R56 But did she refer to you as Honey Bunny?