It's the end of an era. Party City, a go-to retailer for all things celebrations and materialist fun, announced last December ...

The Woodcliff Lake-based party store chain with hundreds of locations across the country is shutting down early this year.

Booming business on e-commerce sites and big-box retailers has also been making it hard for chains such as Party City, which ...

Additionally, a helium shortage – the backbone of its balloon business – deflated one of Party City’s key revenue streams. The covid-19 pandemic years exacerbated these challenges.

Party City navigated a pre-pandemic shortage of helium for balloons, securing a new supply source. It was impacted severely by the COVID-19 pandemic, when lockdowns and social distancing ended ...

Grab your balloons and streamers while you can because Party City is officially shutting down. The once-mighty party supply chain announced it's closing all of its stores after nearly four decades in ...

Hit by headwinds including inflationary pressures, competition from e-commerce sites, big box retailers, pop-up stores and even a helium ... Party City, which sells everything from balloons ...

Store managers were notified that Party City stores will be ... It faced a helium shortage in 2019, which forced it to close 45 stores as balloon sales—a core part of its business and one ...

Party City is closing down all of ... to contend with rising costs during the pandemic and a helium shortage, which hurt its crucial balloon business.The chain joins a growing list of retailer ...