Max 10 Family Fashions got its start in Schoolcraft, MI when Ed Bernard, the owner and president of Bermo Enterprises, began selling off-price and overstock clothing items. What originally started as an annual warehouse sale grew to 29 retail locations across Michigan, Indiana, and Illinois. Unfortunately the company filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2012.
The latest to make that announcement is the M-89 Bar and Grill in Otsego. It was just a fun place to go on a Friday or Saturday night; a place that would've been referred to as a "honky-tonk", back in the day; a couple of cold beers and some live music.
While this doesn't quite amount to a disaster of epic proportions, now the fallout of the Covid-19 pandemic is real for me. In part, due to changes in our lifestyles caused by the pandemic, Victoria's Secret announced today it's closing at least a quarter of its stores.