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Liquidation stores, which are also often referred to as bin stores, are a great way to get up to 90% off of certain merchandise. Major retailers also consistently have regular liquidation sales.
Below is a list of notable defunct retailers of the United States.. Across the United States, a large number of local stores and store chains that started between the 1920s and 1950s have become defunct since the late 1960s, when many chains were either consolidated or liquidated.
Big Wheel acquired ten former locations in 1989 from two discount chains in the Midwestern United States: eight from Danner's and two from Heck's Department Store. [5] Fisher's Big Wheel filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 1993, closing ten of its stores. [6] Fifty-five more stores were later closed in 1994 as a means of liquidation. [7]
National Wholesale Liquidators is a Brooklyn, New York-based company that operates warehouse-style closeout discount stores. It offers a mix of brand-name items, everyday household items, and furniture. National Wholesale Liquidators carries over 120,000 items.
Levitz Furniture store during liquidation sale, December 2007. Levitz was accused of having been poorly run for more than a decade starting in the 1990s. It declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy twice during the period, in 1997 and again in 2005, both times emerging after a corporate restructuring and the participation of new outside backers.
In 2010, 2011 and 2012, Inc. named it one of the fastest-growing companies in the nation. [2] In 2012, Merchandize Liquidators doubled its revenues. [3] Merchandize Liquidators 2011 gross sales were $5.4 million and the percentage revenue growth for the four-year period through 2011 was more than 700 percent, according to a report by a leading trade publication. [4]
LW Stores was founded as Liquidation World in 1986 with the opening of its first store, at 3900 29 St NE, in northeast Calgary, Alberta in Canada. The chain grew and became the largest liquidator in Canada, with more than 1,200 employees in outlets and offices in Canada. It began operating stores in the United States in the early 1990s.
Lumber Liquidators is an American retailer of hard-surface flooring including hardwood, laminate, vinyl plank, tile, bamboo and cork, as well as flooring tools and accessories. The company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on August 11, 2024, [ 3 ] and was able to avoid liquidation 3 months later after a last minute deal to be acquired by ...