A popular furniture store has suddenly closed its doors to customers across all of its branches.
Newsweek reached out to Circle Furniture via a contact form on its website and email for comment.
Why It Matters
Circle Furniture’s abrupt shutdown brings to an end one of New England’s most recognized furniture retailers, impacting around 65 employees as well as communities that have relied on its services for nearly seven decades.
The timing of the closure, just before Christmas and without advance warning to the public, highlights the ongoing challenges for brick-and-mortar retailers in an era of changing consumer habits and post-pandemic industry shifts.
What To Know
Circle Furniture, a family-founded retailer established in the early 1950s in Cambridge, Massachusetts, has suddenly closed all its eight stores across Massachusetts and New Hampshire…