WATERFORD, Conn. (AP) - The owners of a nearly century-old Connecticut furniture store are closing their doors in the fall, citing increased competition and because no one in the family wants to run the business.
Jon Hendel, president of Americana Furniture in Waterford, tells The Day a going-out-of-business sale will start July 25 and likely last for about three months.
The store was founded in 1922 by his grandparents. His father, Myron, died last November at age 90.
He says because of increased competition in the internet age “small, independent stores have a hard time competing.”
The family once owned four furniture stores in the area as well as the Henny Penny gas station/convenience store chain.
Hendel is not sure yet what the family will do with the 45,000-square-foot display space.
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