Two Montclair Businesses Bite the Dust

First it was at 129 Watchung Avenue that announced plans it was closing.

The colorful store across the street from the recently closed QBA, A Cuban Kitchen—specializing in candles, jewelry, and women's accessories—hung signs up this week that say "Store Closing," "Cash and Carry," and "50 percent to 70 percent off sale."

There's also a sign in the window announcing "Store for Rent" with a phone number.

Now it's that has announced on its website that it will be closing down later this month.

Apparently the troubled economy has impacted both stores.

An employee at Home said Wednesday that the store would stay open for "another two weeks or so" depending on how quickly the store's inventory goes. She said the store has been in Watchung Plaza for nearly six years and has been forced to close "by a poor economy."

In October, a sign reading "Business Partner Wanted" showed up in the window at the brick and mortar extension of the popular QBA food truck just across the road from Watchung Plaza Home. 

Then, in December, posters in the windows at QBA heralded the coming of a new restaurant—Koreander Fusion Cafe.

Watchung Plaza Home is just the latest store to close in Montclair. Montclair Beadworks on Church Street, for example, closed in December. Meanwhile, in other business-related news, in Upper Montclair has moved this week from 197 to 255 Bellevue Avenue.

Meanwhile, ColorStoryHome is holding a storewide sale with items marked off by up to 70 percent.

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