The largest US school uniform supplier is closing after 104 years and laying off all staff

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The largest US school uniform supplier is closing after 104 years and laying off all staff

The largest uniform supplier in the United States has closed after more than a century of business.

The company then laid off all employees and schools were left scrambling to find an alternative.

Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB) reports that Portland-based DENNIS Uniform was forced to close all of its approximately 40 locations after failing to obtain the funding needed to keep them afloat. All 100 employees of the store were laid off,

The same OPB article notes that companies that lay off significant numbers of employees must notify the state under the federal WARN Act. Companies generally need to give at least two months' notice; However, DENNIS Uniform invoked an exception for a “failing company”.

“This exception allows us to provide less than 60 days' notice when a company is actively seeking new capital or business opportunities to avoid layoffs, but the company is unable to obtain financing or business, necessary to continue operations,” CEO Lawrence Perkins wrote to state officials. “Our company has worked diligently to secure additional funding.

“Despite our material efforts, we have unfortunately not managed to obtain the necessary resources, so the layoffs are unavoidable at this point. We will be closing all locations across the country.”

The company's closure has left schools that require uniforms in limbo. The Houston Chronicle, for example, details how private schools in the city are struggling to find another supplier. Some have even revoked their uniform policy for the time being.

“It was kind of a sea change for us… the uniform is part of how we begin to lay the foundation for the training to come,” administrator Alcira Molina-Ali told the publication. “If everyone does their own thing, then it dilutes the message of the uniform – something that somehow brings us together as a school community.”