Linens 'n Things bankrupt
It will close 2 stores in Utah
On Friday, the bedding- and home-furnishing retailer filed a petition in bankruptcy court in Delaware and said it would close 120 underperforming stores, including one in Murray and one in Park City.
The Clifton, N.J.-based company said economic factors such as the decline in the housing market, tightening credit markets and a downturn in consumer discretionary spending, particularly in the housewares and home furnishings sector, led to a "precipitous decline" in profitability and liquidity.
The factors worsened in the first quarter of 2008, the company said.
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