Posted on 03/05/2020 10:06:55 AM PST by Larry Lucido
(WXYZ) — Art Van Furniture is closing all of its locations and beginning liquidation sales.
"Despite our best efforts to remain open, the Company's brands and operating performance have been hit hard by a challenging retail environment," said Diane Charles, Art Van Furniture spokesperson. "We recognize the extraordinary retail, community and philanthropic legacies that Art Van Furniture has built for decades in the community."
Art Van Elslander, opened his first furniture store in metro Detroit in 1959, growing it to the number one furniture and mattress retailer in the Midwest.
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“Art Van Elslander, opened his first furniture store in metro Detroit in 1959, growing it to the number one furniture and mattress retailer in the Midwest.”
He can now be the Honorable Judge Arthur Vandelay!
Levin Furniture division in Pittsburgh is staying in business because a member of the Levin family is buying that piece back from Art Van.
boo hissss- not too puny atall
When I lived in Michigan I think an ad for Art Van ran on TV or Radio every five minutes. They were as ubiquitous as Bloomberg’s ads.
That store has been “going out of business” since I was a kid.
Their commercials were obnoxious.
Lol...yeah the joke was to act surprised when art van was Having a sale.
Ads for the Fretter Superstore were almost as bad.
So what’s the deal? Competition from Costco or Walmart?
Did they sell good quality furniture, but couldn’t compete on price with today’s cheap particle board furniture?
Should have gotten into latex.
Arthur Van Elslander and family were/are huge contributors to St. John Hospital and the Van Elslander Cancer Center on Mack & Moross.
The worst was Joshua Door (â€you’ve got an uncle in the furniture business, Joshua Door, Joshua Door).
They were just down the street from Highland Appliance, Fretter Appliance, and ABC WhoreWarehouse.
ABC is the last one standing.
But Highland had the best commercials.
Highland... Fretter...
Those are names I’ve not heard in a long time... a long time
“””””””I wonder if the sale can be delayed. That would be, in legal terms, an Art Van Delay. “”””””””
Van Delay only does latex.
Online mattresses probably hurt that part of the business.
For many furniture stores, the going out of business forever sale has become an annual event.
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