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Threadless, the local t-shirt company, is laying off employees. Crain's Chicago Business reports that Threadless founder Jake Nickell took to the company's blog to announce his decision, and admit that: "we've experimented with new and exciting ways to create meaningful, game-changing opportunities for artists. While some of these initiatives worked really well, others did not." [Crain's Chicago Business]