DELRAY BEACH, Fla. _ Bridal retailer Alfred Angelo abruptly closed its stores Thursday night without notice.
The company has more than 60 stores across the country. After news of the closings broke, brides hurried to pick up dresses before the stores closed for good.
Employees at Alfred Angelo's corporate office in Delray Beach left the building en masse Thursday, carrying boxes, plants and other personal belongings, as news spread on social media that the stores were closing.
By Thursday afternoon, there were no employees in the company's Delray corporate office. Some offices still had desks and supplies and framed posters of wedding dresses hung on the walls.
An employee of another business on the first floor described seeing a "mass exodus before lunchtime."
"Everyone left one by one with cardboard boxes, plants," said the employee, who spoke on the condition of anonymity. "One of them said it. They were all fired today. ... It was so bizarre."
A company representative could not ne reached for comment
The company's website said there are more than 800 stores offering Alfred Angelo merchandise.
