Nearly 2K Layoffs In NJ As Store Bankruptcies, Closings Hit State

NEW JERSEY — Nearly 2,000 layoffs, three bankrupt businesses and store closings are expected to impact New Jersey very soon — including 300 job losses in New Jersey that came on Friday (see lists below).

One of the bankrupt businesses is Destination Maternity Corporation in Moorestown, which is expected to lay off more than 600 people within the next two months.

More than 1,000 Barneys employees are expected to lose their jobs in New York and at the company's Lyndhurst location this week as the troubled retailer goes through bankruptcy proceedings.

Up to 785 Barneys workers at five outposts in Manhattan, Queens and Orange County were expected to be laid off on Friday, as were the other 300 in New Jersey, according to notices filed by New York and New Jersey labor officials.

Other major retailers — which have a total of more than 200 locations across the state — are expected to close a large number of stores. One chain has announced six stores will close (see list below). The Lord & Taylor's at Woodbridge Center Mall is closing, according to a report on MyCentralJersey.

Pier 1, which has 29 stores in New Jersey, announced it will close about 145 stores this fiscal year. Retail chain Forever 21, which has 20 stores in the state, also is expected to close up to 178 stores in the United States.

Forever 21 identified the locations in New Jersey that are set to close:

• Deptford
• Mays Landing
• East Hanover
• Cherry Hill
• Short Hills
• East Brunswick

Forever 21 announced it has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in a letter to customers. The teenage clothing store made it clear, though, it wasn’t going out of business, and instead filed for bankruptcy protection as a “deliberate and decisive step to put us on a successful track for the future,” according to the letter.

Pier 1 announced its own possible store closings after reporting low financial results.

“As anticipated, our fourth-quarter sales and profitability were disappointing and reflect the execution issues we identified earlier in the year and have been working with urgency to correct,” Cheryl Bachelder, interim Pier 1 CEO, said in a statement.

Neither chain has yet specified when the locations that will be closed. Another company that's shutting down 20o stores, Walgreens, has 158 locations in New Jersey but also has not disclosed which sites will be shuttered (see list of New Jersey locations below).

Here are the layoffs planned in New Jersey:

• Barney's New York - Lyndhurst (Friday) 311.
• Southwest Airlines (Sunday) 118.
• Bed Bath & Beyond, Union (Nov. 15) 80. The popular home store with locations in the United States and beyond has a few changes coming to a chunk of its stores before Christmas while underperforming locations might close or be moved in the near future. Read more: Bed Bath & Beyond Changes, Closures; Can NJ's 35 Stores Survive?
• Conair, East Windsor (Nov. 29): 98. The maker of personal care and beauty products is closing its East Windsor warehouse, which will cost nearly 100 employees their jobs, according to ROI-NJ.
• Givaudan Flavors Corp., Cranbury (Dec. 13) 4. The flavors and fragrances company is shuttering two New Jersey sites, according to ROI-NJ. The company, based in Switzerland, says it will be closing sites in Middlesex and Cranbury in December.
• Givaudan Flavors Corportion, Middlesex (Dec. 13) 100.
• Destination Maternity Corporation, Florence (Dec. 21) 212.
• Destination Maternity Corporation, Moorestown (Dec. 21) 430. Moorestown-based Destination Maternity is among the latest retail businesses to file for bankruptcy. The company, which has $260 million in assets and is $244 million in debt, filed for bankruptcy on Oct. 21, according to court documents. Read more: Moorestown-Based Destination Maternity Files For Bankruptcy
• WestRock, CP, LLC Newark (Dec. 21) 114
• Lord & Taylor Woodbridge (Dec. 24) 84. The store is supposed to close, perhaps leading to 84 employees losing their jobs. Read more: Woodbridge Center Lord & Taylor Will Be Closing: Report

Here are the Pier 1 locations in New Jersey that could be subject to closure:

• Bridgewater
• Cape May Court House
• Cherry Hill
• Clifton
• Deptford
• East Brunswick
• East Hanover
• Edgewater
• Flanders
• Flemington
• Freehold
• Hamilton
• Holmdel
• Howell
• Jersey City
• Manahawkin
• Manasquan
• Millville
• Mount Laurel
• Ocean
• Paramus (Route 17)
• Paramus (Route 4)
• Princeton
• Riverdale
• Rockaway
• Somers Point
• Toms River
• Watchung
• Woodbridge

Here are the Walgreens locations in New Jersey that could be subject to closure:

• ATLANTIC CITY
• BARNEGAT
• BAYONNE
• BAYVILLE
• BELLEVILLE
• BERGENFIELD
• BERKELEY HEIGHTS
• BLACKWOOD
• BLOOMFIELD
• BOONTON
• BOUND BROOK
• BRICK
• BRIDGETON
• BRIDGEWATER
• BURLINGTON
• CALDWELL
• CAMDEN
• CARLSTADT
• CARTERET
• CHERRY HILL
• CLARK
• CLIFTON
• COLONIA
• CRANFORD
• DENVILLE
• DOVER
• DUMONT
• EAST BRUNSWICK
• EAST ORANGE
• EAST WINDSOR
• EDGEWATER
• EDISON
• EGG HARBOR TWP
• ELIZABETH
• ELMWOOD PARK
• ENGLEWOOD
• ENGLISHTOWN
• EVESHAM
• EWING
• FAIR LAWN
• FAIRFIELD
• FLEMINGTON
• FLORHAM PARK
• FORT LEE
• FRANKLIN
• FRANKLIN PARK
• FREEHOLD
• GARFIELD
• GLASSBORO
• GLENDORA
• GREEN BROOK
• HACKENSACK
• HACKETTSTOWN
• HADDON TOWNSHIP
• HALEDON,
• HAMILTON
• HAMILTON TWP
• HARRISON
• HAZLET
• HILLSBOROUGH
• HILLSDALE
• HILLSIDE
• HOBOKEN
• HOWELL
• IRVINGTON
• JACKSON
• JERSEY CITY,
• KEARNY
• LEDGEWOOD
• LINCOLN PARK
• LINDEN
• LINDENWOLD
• LITTLE EGG HARBOR TOWSHIP
• LITTLE FALLS
• LITTLE SILVER
• LIVINGSTON
• LODI
• LYNDHURST
• MADISON
• MAGNOLIA
• MANAHAWKIN
• MANALAPAN
• MANTUA
• MAPLEWOOD
• MARLBORO
• MATAWAN
• MILLVILLE
• MORRISTOWN
• MOUNT EPHRAIM
• MOUNT HOLLY
• MOUNT LAUREL
• N ARLINGTON
• NEPTUNE
• NEW BRUNSWICK
• NEWARK
• NEWTON
• NORTH BERGEN
• NORTH BERGEN TOWNSHIP
• NORTH BRUNSWICK
• OAKLAND
• OLD BRIDGE
• ORANGE
• PARSIPPANY
• PASSAIC
• PATERSON
• PENNS GROVE
• PENNSAUKEN
• PENNSVILLE
• PERTH AMBOY
• PISCATAWAY
• PLAINFIELD
• POINT PLEASANT BORO
• PORT MONMOUTH
• PRINCETON
• RAHWAY
• RAMSEY
• RED BANK
• RIO GRANDE
• RIVERSIDE
• ROBBINSVILLE
• ROCKAWAY
• ROSELAND
• ROSELLE
• RUTHERFORD
• SAYREVILLE
• SEWELL
• SHORT HILLS
• SICKLERVILLE
• SOMERSET
• SOMERVILLE
• SPRINGFIELD
• STIRLING
• SUMMIT
• TEANECK
• TOMS RIVER
• TRENTON
• UNION
• UNION CITY
• VAUXHALL
• VERONA
• VINELAND
• VOORHEES
• WALDWICK
• WARREN
• WAYNE
• WEST LONG BRANCH
• WEST MILFORD
• WEST NEW YORK
• WEST ORANGE
• WESTFIELD
• WHITEHOUSE STATION
• WHITING
• WILDWOOD
• WILLIAMSTOWN
• WILLINGBORO
• WOODBRIDGE
• WOODBURY
• WYCKOFF