Layoffs, Cutbacks Fail to Keep Clear Ink Afloat

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It’s been over a decade since Clear Ink—then called Shugart Matson—opened its garage door for business in a Castro Valley, Calif., home. This week, the Walnut Creek, Calif. shop is poised to shutter operations.

Its board of directors has voted to recommend to shareholders that the shop cease operations Sept. 26.

“We were hanging in there, trying to find a merger partner or even make an acquisition ourselves,” said agency president and CEO Kim Shugart.



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