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The party's almost over. Party City is shutting down, closing the doors on its approximately 700 remaining stores this year. While they have yet to announce an official end time to their nearly ...

What came first: America's obsession with Halloween or Party City? Steve Mandell launched Party City in 1986 as a single store in New Jersey. He sold cups, napkins and other supplies for birthday and ...

Between the vampire teeth, the giant balloons, the streamers and the glittery napkins, one store laid claim to celebrations across America - Party City. Well, that juggernaut is now bankrupt, turning ...