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Carls Furniture to Close Last 3 Stores
March 10,
2014 by in Furniture Retailing, Industry, Retail Closing
Coconut Creek, Fla-based retailer Carls Furniture plans to close its remaining three stores and kick off a liquidation sale.
Carls Furniture, the venerable retailer whose origins date back to 1941, is closing its remaining three stores in Broward and launching a private liquidation sale, according to a letter sent to “preferred clients and friends.’’
After 73 years and three generations serving South Florida, “the time has come to say goodbye and thank you,” Carls Furniture President Jeff Baker wrote in the letter, obtained by the Miami Herald.
“The furniture industry has been one of the hardest hit during our economic downfall.... We tried downsizing by reducing our number of locations and cutting overhead. However, even those changes and sacrifices were not enough.”
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