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		<title><![CDATA[Consumer spending slump triggers retail bankruptcies.(Industry Briefings)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[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...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jun 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Winning bidders marketing Wickes leases.]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[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.   ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Wickes' store lease auction set for today.]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[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...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Wickes liquidation set.(Wickes Furniture Company Inc.)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[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.    ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Mar 2008 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Wickes Furniture Going out of Business Sale Begins Sat., March 1, at All Locations in California, Illinois, Indiana, Nevada]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[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...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2008 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Wickes asks for deferrals.(Wickes Furniture Company Inc.)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[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...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2008 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[City of Hope to honor Disa, O'Connor (Furniture Today)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[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...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2007 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Wickes thinks small-scale (Furniture Today)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[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. ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jun 2007 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2007 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Wickes leaving Twin Cities (Furniture Today)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[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,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2007 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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