The Big Book 2018 – Largest Closings

Published March 2, 2018 by Jessica Sabbath

Company	Location	Business description	Month announced	Month closing	Jobs lost
Martin's*	Central Virginia and Hampton Roads	Grocery store	18-Apr	18-Jul	1,673
Telvista*	Danville	Call center	18-Jan	18-Mar	522
FreightCar America Inc.	Roanoke	Coal car production	17-Mar	17-Apr	364
Sam's Club*	Richmond and Norfolk	Retail warehouse	18-Jan	18-Mar	303
Shaw Industries Group Inc.	Stuart	Hardwood flooring plant	17-Oct	17-Oct	166
White Birch Paper	Ashland	Newsprint plant	17-May	17-Jul	164
Nordstrom	Dulles	Department store	17-Jun	17-Sep	153
Elkay Wood Products Co.	Ringgold	Cabinet manufacturing operation	17-Jun	17-Aug	150
LSC Communications	Roanoke County	Book-printing plant	17-May	17-Jul	140
Kmart*	Herndon and Charlottesville	Big box retailer	17-May	17-Jul	129
Macy's	Alexandria	Department store	17-Mar	17-Mar	119
General Foam Plastics	Norfolk and Virginia Beach	Manufacturer of Christmas trees, kiddie pools and plastic holiday decorations	17-Jul	17-Aug	109

* Includes more than one announcement Source: Virginia Board of Workforce Development, news articles

Notes: Data accessed Feb. 7, 2018

Includes a sampling of closing announcements made in 2017 and early 2018 that resulted in the loss of more than 100 jobs.

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