There was a furniture store a couple of blocks away from a place where we used to rent an apartment. We lived there for 8 years and a going out of business sign was up the entire time.
I don’t think i have ever seen a furniture store without a liquidation sale sign
I genuinely fucking hate “local” furniture stores. That industry seems slimier than car sales honestly. Sell dog shit quality products for hundreds to thousands of dollars and then are allowed to act like they are going out of business constantly. There are always furniture stores around me having “liquidation sales” and “going out of business sales” and literally none of them have ever gone out of business. If anything, they usually raise their prices before their next sale.
Ashley Furniture in my home town has been going out of business since before I was 18, I’m now 32.
And you can often find the EXACT same items on eBay for a tenth of the price.
Taco Bell down the road from me has had their large sign out front saying “now hiring closers” for going on 4+ years now. Of course they haven’t considered treating employees well and paying them fairly, yet. Prices went up though! Also this is in a very large city with no shortage of people who need work.
A rug shop near me spent from before 1990 though to 2010 “closing down” then they suprised everyone by closing down. They moved to a cheaper shopping centre, and have been operating there ever since
The same 80% discount they had always advertised was in action during the lead up to their move, and continues today
