Following a Dec. 21 announcement from party supplies retailer Party City that the company would close all stores, a handful of stores owned by local franchisers will remain open, including one in Humble according to the owners.
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Abston Enterprise Group owns and operates two Party City locations in the Houston area, and in an announcement on social media said their locations in Shenandoah and Humble will remain open under the current franchise owners.
"Anyone that knows me well knows what hardship there has been with retail and with the way the corporation tied our hands. Look at us now. ... the ones still standing! Soon we will be free to do what we want and sell what we want and online, too," franchise owner Emily Morgan said. "We will have some challenges of getting a whole new system up and going fast but I’m so excited for what the new year has in store for us."
