Businesses to shut down at month's end

Cheney Liquor, CenturyLink customer service to close

John McCallum, Editor | Last updated Aug 06, 2015 9:43am0

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Aggressive tactics by distributors and inability to compete financially with larger retailers is leading Cheney Liquor to close its doors later this month.

Two Cheney businesses have announced plans to close down at the end of August.

Communications provider CenturyLink will be closing the customer service portion of its Cheney location while Cheney Liquor, which has been in business in the Safeway store plaza location since 2003, will shut its doors for good.

CenturyLink's business marketing and public relations manager for Spokane and Salt Lake City, Kerry Zimmer, said while the customer service office is closing in Cheney the engineering portion, including management and equipment technicians, would remain. The reason to close customer service...