Richard Levitz founded the first Levitz Furniture store in Pennsylvania in 1910. The company expanded throughout the US, but didn't quite survive for 100 years. The struggling retailer liquidated for good in 2008, felled by what the Washington Post described as "competitors and heavy debt."
Source: The Sacramento Bee, Seattle Pi, The Washington Post
First launched by a pair of Lithuanian immigrants to the US in 1913, Heilig-Meyers was once a dominant figure in the furniture business. Despite thriving for much of the 20th century, Heilig-Meyers filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2000.
Source: The Baltimore Sun
Richard Levitz's grandson Gary forged his own route in the furniture business, launching the Room Store in 1992 in Texas. The company dodged liquidation in 2000 when its parent company Heilig-Meyers filed for bankruptcy. But the business did end up filing for Chapter 11 in 2011, and its remaining stores closed the following year.
Source: Heilig-Meyers, RIS News
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