Smith & Hawken Shutting Doors After 30 Years
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Smith & Hawken, an upscale garden-supply chain, is closing and has begun a liquidation sale, company officials said today.
The owner of the 56-store chain, Ohio-based lawn and garden giant Scotts Miracle-Gro Co., had sought for a year to find a buyer, said Jim Hagedorn, the company chairman and chief executive officer. “While this is a sad outcome,” he said, “the combination of a weak economy and the lack of scale proved too great to overcome.”
Liquidation will be administered by Boston-headquartered Gordon Brothers Group, the company that liquidated Joe’s, the West Coast sporting goods chain. Continue »
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