And the latest furniture news comes from American Freight, a national retailer that’s shutting down all of its stores, as its parent company, Franchise Group, continues Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings. American Freight has a dozen stores in North Carolina, including one in Raleigh.

The Barnes family will close their playfully named Furniture Barn, founded 50 years ago by former GM employee David Barnes.

Franchise Group, based in Delaware, Ohio, is the parent company of American Freight and other stores including Vitamin Shoppes.

American Freight plans to close storefront locations, including in Houston, as its parent company, Franchise Group Inc., has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The furniture and mattress store has initiated the final closing sales at 328 locations with discounts being offered including 30% off the lowest ticketed prices,

Liquidator Hilco Consumer-Retail announced the shuttering of 328 locations nationwide and the start of store-closing sales.

American Freight will close all its Ohio stores as it shutters across the U.S. How many are in Ohio? And who owns American Freight? What we know.

Store closing sales have begun in-store and online, with discounts of up to 30% off the lowest ticketed prices.

A furniture chain is shuttering its stores in the U.S. — and that includes eight stores in North Texas. American Freight will close down sites from Sherman to Dallas as part of its effort to shutter 328 stores nationwide and an online service,

The Ohio-based discount retailer is closing 328 furniture, appliance and mattress stores, including 10 in Southern California, the Orange County Register reported, citing an announcement by liquidator Hilco Consumer-Retail.