Minnesota Independent Calls it Quits

November 19, 2008  by in UnCategorized   

By Home Furnishings Business in Furniture Retailing on November 2008 Robbins Furniture in Austin, Minn., is closing for good after 75 years and three generations of selling furniture, according to a report Wednesday in the Austin Post-Bulletin.

The store closed in late October after selling its location to Mower County, which planned to demolish buildings on the block to make room for parking, construction staging and a possible geothermal heating cooling system. At that time Robbins Furniture President Mike Robbins was thinking about reopening in another location.

“In light of current economic conditions, we have decided not to relocate our furniture enterprise,” Robbins said in the report.