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• Consumer spending slump triggers retail bankruptcies.(Industry Briefings)

  - 2008-06-01

  Tightening credit markets and increasingly cautious consumers have taken a heavy toll on retailers in the past six months. The Sharper Image, Lillian Vernon, Levitz furniture, Wickes Furniture, Bombay, Fortunoff jewelers, Harvey Electronics, and Linen's & Things have been among the more prominent retailers to head...

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• Winning bidders marketing Wickes leases.

  - 2008-03-17

  By Clint Engel Wilmington, Del.- The stalking horse bidder on the leases of Wheeling, Ill.-based Wickes Furniture won court approval last week for lease designation rights, clearing the way for the properties to be marketed to furniture industry players and others. ...

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• Wickes' store lease auction set for today.

  - 2008-03-10

  Staff Wilmington, Del.- A March 10 auction has been scheduled for the store leases of the bankrupt Wickes Furniture chain. Under terms of a plan approved Monday in U.S. Bankruptcy Court here, bidders were due to submit proposals by March...

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• Wickes liquidation set.(Wickes Furniture Company Inc.)

  - 2008-03-03

  By Clint Engel Group pays $17M for rights to sale Wheeling, Ill.- A U.S. Bankruptcy Court approved the liquidation plan for Wickes Furniture last week, signaling the beginning of the end for the Top 100 company. ...

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• Wickes Furniture Going out of Business Sale Begins Sat., March 1, at All Locations in California, Illinois, Indiana, Nevada

  - 2008-02-28

  25% To 50% Discounts Offered on All Merchandise CHICAGO -- By order of a U.S. Bankruptcy court, store closing sales will begin Saturday, March 1, at all 38 Wickes Furniture, Inc. stores in California, Illinois, Indiana and Nevada. Over $75 million of famous brand furniture and accessories will be...

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• Wickes asks for deferrals.(Wickes Furniture Company Inc.)

  - 2008-01-14

  By Clint Engel Says delay needed to obtain new equity Wheeling, Ill.- Wickes Furniture is asking suppliers to sign an agreement that would postpone the retailer's payment of its past-due debt until July 2009. In a...

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• City of Hope to honor Disa, O'Connor (Furniture Today)

  - 2007-07-16

  High Point-- John Disa of Wickes Furniture and Kevin O'Connor of Samson Marketing will be honored as recipients of City of Hope's Spirit of Life Award at a dinner here Oct. 3, during the High Point Market. The Home Furnishings Industry division of City of...

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• Wickes thinks small-scale (Furniture Today)

  - 2007-06-18

  Chicago-- Wickes Furniture's newest store, a two-level flagship in the Windy City's downtown, boasts a larger-than-normal, 50,000-square-foot footprint for the Wheeling, Ill.-based chain. Part of the store's focus, however, is on a more modest scale -- smaller, multifunctional furniture targeted at space-challenged urban dwellers. ...

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• Local Focus.(Business)

  - 2007-05-23

  Wickes Furniture expands to Chicago WHEELING - Wickes Furniture Co. Inc., a furniture retailer with more than 1,700 employees and 37 stores in four states, said it's opening a new flagship showroom in Chicago. The two-story facility at 2606 N. Elston Ave. is the...

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• Wickes leaving Twin Cities (Furniture Today)

  - 2007-05-21

  Wheeling, Ill.-- Wickes Furniture is pulling out of Minneapolis-St. Paul. The Top 100 chain will close all five of its Minnesota stores and its Brooklyn Center, Minn., distribution center as part of a long-range strategy to focus resources in high-growth markets such as Southern California,...

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