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Akron's Coming Attraction Bridal and Formal is closing, blames stigma left by Ebola scare
By John Harper, Northeast Ohio Media Group
on January 07, 2015 at 5:36 PM, updated January 07, 2015 at 6:09 PM
AKRON, Ohio -- Coming Attractions Bridal and Formal, the Akron bridal store which closed for 21 days after Ebola patient Amber Joy Vinson's October visit, is going out of business.
The store reopened in a highly publicized ceremony in November, attended by news media and Akron Mayor Don Plusquellic. Gowns went on sale, at 60 percent off, but it was not enough to save the 30-year-old store.
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Ebola was never discovered in the store, and no Ohioans were ever diagnosed with the disease. But in a business that banks on reputation and prestige, the mere association with the Ebola virus proved fatal.
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http://www.cleveland.com/akron/index.ssf/2015/01/akrons_coming_attraction_brida.html
By John Harper, Northeast Ohio Media Group
on January 07, 2015 at 5:36 PM, updated January 07, 2015 at 6:09 PM
AKRON, Ohio -- Coming Attractions Bridal and Formal, the Akron bridal store which closed for 21 days after Ebola patient Amber Joy Vinson's October visit, is going out of business.
The store reopened in a highly publicized ceremony in November, attended by news media and Akron Mayor Don Plusquellic. Gowns went on sale, at 60 percent off, but it was not enough to save the 30-year-old store.
...
Ebola was never discovered in the store, and no Ohioans were ever diagnosed with the disease. But in a business that banks on reputation and prestige, the mere association with the Ebola virus proved fatal.
...
http://www.cleveland.com/akron/index.ssf/2015/01/akrons_coming_attraction_brida.html