Today’s Economic Crisis Moment of Zen: Steve & Barry’s
Bled by Captain Awesome on Dec.19, 2008, under Moments of Zen
Get those cheap threads while you can!
Steve & Barry’s, the retail chain that sells casual sportswear and celebrity-endorsed clothing lines for not more than $10 a pop, opened its first Las Vegas location early this summer. It’s also Steve & Barry’s last Las Vegas location, as the Port Washington, N.Y.-based company filed for bankruptcy in July, not a month after the Vegas location opened just west of the Meadows Mall on Meadows Lane near Decatur Boulevard.
Not surprisingly, most experts blamed rapid expansion for Steve & Barry’s epic failure. Now the company is in the process of liquidating its assets and closing all of its stores.
Stay tuned to Bleeding Neon for more Moments of Zen as we watch the House That Deregulation and Sleeping at the Wheel Built crumble down all around us. Happy Friday!
December 21st, 2008 on 11:26 am
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