Is this a sign of the Apocalypse?

1,500 Lose Jobs as Walmart Announces 10 Sam's Club Closures

Walmart announced Monday it is closing 10 Sam’s Club locations across the United States, causing approximately 1,500 people to lose their jobs.

The Sam’s Clubs to be closed are located in Nampa, ID; La Quinta, CA; Louisville, CO; Vista, CA; Rolling Meadows, IL; Clay, NY; Irvine, CA; and one Club in the Houston, TX, Phoenix, AZ, and Sacramento, CA markets.

According to the Walmart press release, despite the “outstanding efforts of our Associates, these Clubs continued to lose money” so the decision was made to close them.