Report says Linder's Furniture likely to close
Clint Engel -- Furniture Today, November 18, 2011
GARDEN GROVE, Calif. - Top 100 company Linder's Furniture here is preparing to close all of its showrooms, according to a local report last week that cited interviews with store managers.
Employees couldn't say when liquidation sales would begin, but store managers confirmed that all of the California company's stores would close, the Palm Springs (Calif.) Desert Sun said in its report.
Linder's President Eric Foucrier, contacted last week by Furniture/Today about the possibility of liquidation, said nothing had been finalized and that "the process is still up in the air." Responding to an email Nov. 4, Foucrier declined to comment other than to say the retailer still didn't have a "closed deal," and hoped to have more to say soon. (Check Furniture-Today.com for updates to this story.)
Sources have told Furniture/Today the retailer was considering an assignment for the benefit of creditors, an action in lieu of bankruptcy that involves turning over assets to creditors.
Linder's is No. 81 on Furniture/Today's Top 100 with estimated 2010 furniture, bedding and accessories sales of $60.1 million at its 11 Southern California stores. Among its key vendors noted earlier this year were Legacy Classic, Fine Furniture Design, Sealy, Universal and Wynwood.
Just last year, the company was in expansion mode, having opened two new superstore format showrooms in Rancho Cucamonga and Cathedral City, Calif., each with about 50,000 square feet of selling space, or about double the typical Linder's store size.
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