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Sparks Home Furnishings to Close
March 5,
2014 by in Furniture Retailing, Industry, Retail Closing 
Retailer Sparks Home Furnishings in Vancouver, Wash., is closing after 132 years in business.
It's now official: Sparks Home Furnishings, downtown Vancouver's oldest business, is closing after 132 years.
The store has weathered lots of history. It started as a small tin-smithing shop, became a hardware store, was a department store and then an appliance retailer before its final bloom as a furniture store.
The business just couldn't withstand the economic changes now underway, said Tom Craig, who confirmed this week he's preparing for a going-out-of-business sale. Craig is selling the building at 1001 Broadway to a downtown developer for $1.7 million in a deal expected to close in June.
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