YAKIMA, Wash. — The big buzz among Yakima Valley shoppers is Shopkos decision to close one of its Yakima-area stores.
A liquidation sale for the store at 5801 Summitview Ave. started last week. The store is expected to close in early April. The company earlier said it had no information on whether the Shopko store in Union Gap and a Shopko Hometown store in Prosser would also close.
It turns out that the closure of the Yakima store along with nearly 40 others nationwide was part of the retailers restructuring effort. Shopko, based in Green Bay, Wis., announced Wednesday that it has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy with the U.S. Bankruptcy Cou…
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