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Glenn\u00a0Silbert holds up a flag signed by Chicago-area employees during a 2020 interview at the company’s store and headquarters on Broadway in San Antonio.<\/p>\n
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Grunt Style former CEO Glenn\u00a0Silbert walks past a patriotic display including a traditional fallen soldier table at the company’s flagship San Antonio store in 2020.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Grunt Style is laying off 80 people amid closures of some of its retail stores.<\/p>\n
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Patriotic-themed apparel brand Grunt Style LLC<\/a> is shuttering eight of the 13 retail stores it operates across the country, including its flagship location at the company\u2019s downtown San Antonio headquarters.\u00a0<\/p>\n At least 80 employees are expected to be laid off. Among them are 19 from the flagship store at 900 Broadway.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n \u201cThe company expects to close this retail employment site in its entirety,\u201d Kelley\u00a0Wisley, Grunt Style\u2019s human resources manager, told the Texas Workforce Commission in the company\u2019s notice about the closure. \u201cNo final determination has been made regarding the future operation or closure of the company headquarters.\u201d<\/p>\n FROM 2020: A Grunt Style Reckoning: A look inside San Antonio apparel maker\u2019s rowdy past, near-death experience and current leadership battle<\/a><\/p>\n Store closures span six states<\/p>\n Nine more employees will be laid off from a store in El Paso. The rest of the cuts are spread across six stores in five other states. They\u2019re in Chandler, Ariz.; Lutz, Fla.; Destin, Fla.; Branson, Mo.; Woodstock, Ga.; and Myrtle Beach, S.C. The stores are expected to be closed by Nov. 30.\u00a0<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n San Antonio Express News Logo<\/p>\n Make us a Preferred Source on Google to see more of us when you search.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Add Preferred Source<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n In addition to the retail roles being cut in San Antonio, the firm is laying off accounting staff members, a video producer and a social media editor.<\/p>\n The company has 49 workers at its two-story Broadway building, according to the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notice<\/a> it submitted.\u00a0<\/p>\n Grunt Style is also looking to lease out the space that was once home to the company\u2019s main store on the first floor of its headquarters. A listing shows the 8,045 square foot space as available.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n READ MORE: The fallout at Grunt Style: Daniel Alarik and the company he founded are locked in court battle<\/a><\/p>\n Images in the listing show the store space adorned with the company\u2019s cross musket logo and its \u201cThis We\u2019ll Defend\u201d logo. \u00a0<\/p>\n Earlier this year, GlassRatner, a financial advisory firm that works on corporate\u00a0restructurings, turnarounds and bankruptcies listed itself as an advisor to Grunt Style for \u201cout of court\/retail\u201d matters.<\/p>\n Latest cuts follow Illinois facility shutdown<\/p>\n The latest cuts come after the shutdown of its Carol Stream, Ill., production and fulfillment facility last year, which affected 100 workers.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n<\/p>\n