A New England-based retailer that has the distinction of being the first curtain catalog company is closing up shop.
Shareholders of The Fitzpatrick Companies, whose subsidiaries include Country Curtains, voted Wednesday to liquidate the 61-year-old business. Country Curtains will begin liquidating operations immediately, and a going-out-of-business sale will be launched in its 19 retail stores (and website) starting on Oct. 5. The stores will close by the end of the year.
Country Curtains has been struggling, challenged by online and other pressures. Its turnaround attempts, which included bringing in a new CEO, failed to take hold.
This has been a heartbreaking decision, but in sharing the background and facts w…
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