Company news covered through what follows it: site openings and closures, relocation, mass layoff notices, acquisitions and capital commitments, with headcount and location detail where filed. Entries name the communities involved. Read by workforce boards, economic development officers, investors and reporters covering regional economies.
Chapter 11 filings in retail ran at elevated rates through 2025, and the closure lists inside each docket document which malls and main streets lose their anchors.
Jay Douglas · April 14, 2026
Viral layoff tallies exaggerate the picture. The WARN notices, WARN Act lawsuits, and severance filings tell a more precise story about who is actually losing work.
Jay Douglas · March 22, 2026
After three decades of relentless growth, craft breweries are now closing faster than they open for the first time, and the taproom economics explain why the corner brewery felt it first.
Jay Douglas · February 27, 2026
Factory announcements dominate the headlines, but manufacturing construction spending has hit records, and the workers building the plants outnumber the ones running them, for now.
Jay Douglas · February 4, 2026
The NFIB's monthly survey is the most quoted temperature check on Main Street, and its swings after the 2024 election show why the details matter more than the headline.
Jay Douglas · January 13, 2026