1,500 More Layoffs, Store Closings For 3 NJ Retailers (UPDATE)

NEW JERSEY — More layoffs and possible store closings are coming to New Jersey soon just as three 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 announced late Tuesday that six stores will close (see list below).

Several New Jersey companies have announced that more than 1,500 people will lose their jobs in the next two months (see lists below).

The announcements come as 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.

Late Tuesday, 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 Wednesday.

“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 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:

• Daiichi Sankyo Inc., Basking Ridge (Oct. 7): 68. Daiichi Sankyo has announced it's eliminating jobs as part of a restructuring.
• Prime Flight Aviation Services Inc., Newark (Oct. 8): 735. Hundreds of workers who clean airplane cabins and lavatories for United Airlines at Newark Liberty International Airport will lose their jobs this fall, according to nj.com.
• Western Union and Western Union Business Solutions, Montvale (Oct. 13): 192. Western Union's plan to chop 10 percent of its workforce as part of a cost-reduction effort was expected to impact the money transfer giant's Montvale location, according to a report. Read more: Montvale Workers Could Be Impacted By Western Union Layoffs
• Nestle USA, Keasbey (Oct. 18): 64.
• First Transit, Lawnside (Oct. 19): 203.
• IPT LLC, Somerville (Oct. 31): 10.
• Southwest Airlines. (Nov. 3) 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.

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