"The first and only place we shopped was Party City — that's where you went," says Theresa Peverly of Illinois. In the late '90s, she outfitted her entire backyard wedding reception at Party City.

Though Party City first closed 45 of its 850 locations in 2019, as of December 2024, the company has announced it will be shuttering all of its remaining stores in 2025. According to CNN ...

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 ...

MARIN: I was nervous 'cause the balloons, they get really big, and sometimes they pop. And I didn’t want it to pop and all the confetti come out (ph). SELYUKH: In fact, if you ask workers for Party ...

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 ...

The balloons, wigs and costumes are fun to buy in person, which shielded Party City from online competition for a long time. For years, its stores would install a Halloween picture wall: dozens of ...

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 ...

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 ...

The chain that laid claim to celebrations across America is now sweeping up the confetti and turning off the lights. Two bankruptcies failed to get its debt in order.

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 ...