Major chains including JoAnn Fabrics, Party City, and Walgreens are shuttering thousands of locations across Louisiana and Texas as the retail apocalypse intensifies.
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Lafayette, for example, has 11 locations. There are over a dozen in and around the Baton Rouge area, as well. Closing any of them could have a big impact on either community.
One Facebook user has started a ton of controversial conversations about self-checkout stations at stores like Walmart, CVS and others after she admitted to skipping the exit line where a Walmart attendant was checking receipts because the line was too long.