A national apparel distributor is cutting nearly 150 jobs in Irving, marking one of North Texas’ newest mass layoffs as economic pressures ripple across the region.
The Texas Workforce Commission made a new update to its WARN database publicly visible on Thursday as part of the agency’s reporting schedule.
In that update, S&S Activewear disclosed a mass layoff affecting 146 employees at its Irving facility, with the notification dated December 10. The company listed the layoff date as December 4.
The move adds Irving to a widening list of Texas communities seeing major job cuts as the broader state economy continues what Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas researchers recently described as a cooling trend across manufacturing and service sectors.
The apparel distributor, headquartered in Bolingbrook, Illinois, bills itself as a “leading, technology-enabled apparel and accessory distributor” offering “more than 100 brands, including basic garments to fashion-forward styles,” according to its website. Its Irving operation is one of the company’s nationwide distribution centers that supports its “1–2 Day Delivery” model and more than “6+ Million Orders Annually.”
The company also highlights its values as “Lead with Service,” “Build Relationships,” “Thoughtful Innovation & Continuous Improvement,” and “Prioritize Responsibility.”
Its mission statement reads: “To inspire and foster growth for our customers, employees, and vendors.”
A class-action law firm is now investigating whether the company violated federal notice requirements. Strauss Borrelli PLLC posted a notice stating it is examining whether the layoffs complied with the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, writing: “On December 10, 2025, S&S Activewear notified the Texas Workforce Commission of its decision to conduct a mass layoff at its facility in Irving, Texas. … We are investigating whether S&S Activewear failed to provide at least 60 days’ notice before laying off 146 employees and, therefore, violated the WARN Act.” The firm added that “employees may be entitled to 60 days of severance pay and benefits.”
The WARN Act, passed by Congress in 1988, requires employers with 100 or more employees to provide a 60-day written notice before mass layoffs or plant closures. The law is intended to give workers enough time to prepare, seek new employment, or start retraining.
The layoffs in Irving mirror other cuts tied to S&S Activewear elsewhere in the country.
Nearly 200 layoffs at the company’s facility in Bolingbrook took effect immediately earlier this month, according to state data referenced in a report by NBC 5 Chicago. Illinois WARN filings show that nearly 1,400 workers in that state have lost jobs in the last 30 days, with almost 3,900 affected in the past 90 days, most of them in Cook County.
The new layoff notice adds to a growing tally of regional reductions, following recent disclosures including nearly 900 job cuts tied to a FedEx third-party logistics operation in Coppell, The Dallas Express reported.
