Best Buy Closing Doors in Meriden Will Leave 60 Unemployed

Best Buy is closing its store in the Westfield Meriden shopping mall, the New Haven Register reports.

According to the Hartford Courant, a manager for the store said the closing was a real estate decision and not a decision based on sales.

The store which is set to close on Nov. 1 will leave 60 full-time and part-time employees out of a job, the Register reports. The closing was timed to allow those losing their jobs to find positions at other Best Buy locations or at other retailers.

The closing of the store will leave the mall without two of its major stores as JC Penney Co. closed its store at the mall in May.

Read the full story at the New Haven Register.

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