Crumbs Abruptly Closes All of Its Cupcake Shops

[Harpa Timsah 13,258]

Crumbs, the cupcake shop operator, says it is shuttering all its stores a week after the struggling retailer was delisted from the Nasdaq. The company, based in New York City, said all employees were notified of the closings on Monday. A representative for Crumbs could not immediately say how many workers were affected or how many stores it had remaining on its last day. A press release from its website in March listed 65 locations in 12 states and the Washington, D.C. Crumbs was founded in 2003 and went public in 2011, selling giant cupcakes in various flavors. More recently, however, it had been suffering from a steep decline in sales.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/08/business/crumbs-abruptly-closes-all-of-its-cupcake-shops.html

[mota bhai 2,675]

WHAT!! My wife was there a few days ago and was LIVID that the teeny bopper behind the counter was less than enthusiastic about answering her (excessive) questions. This news may please her (or not).

[Operator 1,927]

Isn't a giant cupcake just a cake?

[Jacque67 7,328]

Not surprised . So SATC. Ie ancient

[Harpa Timsah 13,258]

WHAT!! My wife was there a few days ago and was LIVID that the teeny bopper behind the counter was less than enthusiastic about answering her (excessive) questions. This news may please her (or not).

I think they might be open today, last day, you can hurry and get some!

I think they are gross. I went in there once and just stared at all the candy-coated cupcakes. Blech.

But it is something to just shut down everything in one day with NO notice. Shut 'er down!

[mota bhai 2,675]

But it is something to just shut down everything in one day with NO notice. Shut 'er down!

Kinda like a dot com.

[Harpa Timsah 13,258]

Not surprised . So SATC. Ie ancient

I think saying "le" before things is ancient

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Which Obama is responsible for this - Barack or Michelle?

[mota bhai 2,675]

Hillary. She got tired of all the thigh jokes.

[Jacque67 7,328]

Oops! Ha ha! I meant ie

[elmcitymaven 9,712]

I bet Crumbs was brought down by birth control regulations.

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

Which Obama is responsible for this - Barack or Michelle?

Michelle for sure, what with all that child nutrition non-sense

[DavenRoxy 1,073]

Which Obama is responsible for this - Barack or Michelle?

See? No one insulted your favorite guy, fanboi.

Hillary. She got tired of all the thigh jokes.

Hilary is an Obama, too?? THAT explains a LOT!!

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

WT Florida is a crumb shop and all cupcake shops will fail quickly. It's a do gooder trend following bunch of mindless sheeple wanting to fit in, who go and buy little fancy cakes and pay 4X too much just cause it's the thing to do.

[unsmiley 111]

Those cupcakes were over $4 each in NYC. For that amount, one should be (almost) able to get a real cake.

Edited July 9, 2014 by unsmiley