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As was the case with much of the home building industry, sales fell during the downturn. ProBuild reported just over $3 billion in sales in 2009, down from at 2006 peak of $6 billion. [20] By 2013, the company reported a nine percent increase in sales from the prior year. [1]
The September 11 attacks in the United States in 2001 had a significant impact on broadcast and venue entertainment businesses, prompting cancellations, postponements, and changes in content. In the United States and several other countries, planned television screenings of films and fictional programs where terrorism, plane crashes, bombs, or ...
Many closings and cancellations followed the September 11 attacks, including major landmarks, buildings, restrictions on access to Lower Manhattan, as well as postponement or cancellation of major sporting and other events. Landmarks were closed primarily because of fears that they may be attacked.
GEM – initially called Government Employees Mutual Stores, and later Government Employees Mart before settling on G. E. M. Membership Department Stores, a profit-making company that was aimed at the governmental employees market; first store was opened in Denver in 1956; [190] after several expansions, the company filed for bankruptcy in 1974 ...
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Lubbock saw a flurry of business news from restaurants to retail in October. Here's a look at what opened, closed and confirmed upcoming spots in the Hub City.
The combination of pre-release issues, negative reviews and poor ratings led to the show's cancellation after only thirteen episodes. [41] [42] [43] Newsday named Father of the Pride one of the "worst shows of the 21st century", [44] and The Daily Beast rated it among NBC's "most embarrassing flops of the last decade". [45]
The store closed prior to the April announcement that they would be filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, with the other brick-and-mortar locations in Illinois and nationwide closing as a ...