"I never expected Halloween to be anything like it," Mandell says. "After my first year in the business, I said, 'Wow!'" Fast forward 39 years and Party City is sweeping away the confetti and ...

Party City recently sent out an email announcing the massive markdowns at brick-and-mortar locations, after the struggling retailer shut down its online store.

The chain that laid claim to celebrations across America is now sweeping up the confetti and turning off the lights. Two bankruptcies failed to get its debt in order.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — For nearly 40 years, customers flocked to Party City for Halloween costumes, favors for children's birthday parties and decorations for New Year's Eve celebrations.

A major party supply chain is hosting a big 80% off sale to empty its inventory before it shuts down all its stores ...

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The Eatontown Party City location (which opened in October 2021), is holding several clearance sales, including Halloween costumes that are either 80% off or buy four, get them for $5 each ...

NPR’s Alina Selyukh has this remembrance. ALINA SELYUKH, BYLINE: What came first - America’s obsession with Halloween or Party City? (SOUNDBITE OF AD) UNIDENTIFIED MUSICAL ARTIST: (Singing) This is ...

Two bankruptcies failed to... So long, Party City, and thanks for all the balloons What came first: America's obsession with Halloween or Party City? Steve Mandell launched Party City in 1986 as a ...