Dollar Express, which runs Family Dollar, to lay off 181 Ohio workers

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The company sent warn notices to the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, and about 20 stores will be impacted in the state.

In November 2015, Family Dollar sold stores to the Dollar Express, a requirement from the Federal Trade Commission to complete Dollar Tree’s acquistion of Family Dollar, according to a spokesman.

Approximately 40 employees will lose their jobs at five stores closing in Cincinnati and Hamilton County. Another 23 employees at three locations in the Columbus area will also lose their jobs by the end of June.

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Other impacted areas of the state include: St. Bernard, Milford, Clermont, Canton, Stark, Akron, Summit, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Toledo, Lucas, Whitehall and Franklin.

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