Home Improvement Chain To Close All GA Locations

GEORGIA — LL Flooring, formerly Lumber Liquidators will shutter all 200 locations nationwide with closing sales starting this week, the company announced Thursday.

The abrupt closure comes after the company failed to find a buyer that could keep the doors open.
Talks to locate a buyer were unsuccessful in drawing an offer with "the necessary financing that would maximize the value of the company," according to LL Flooring.

"It is with a heavy heart that we must let you know that we are going to begin the process of winding down LL Flooring's business and closing all of our stores," LL Flooring President and CEO Charles Tyson said in a statement. "This is not the outcome that any of us had hoped for."

The statement comes just three weeks after the company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, shutting down 94 locations across the country, CNN reported.

The remaining 200 LL Flooring locations will hold their going-out-of-business sales starting Friday, Sept. 6, the company said.

LL Flooring has a total of 13 locations in Georgia, including stores in:

• Byron
• Columbus
• Conyers
• Augusta
• Athens
• Newnan
• Duluth
• Savannah
• Smyrna
• Douglasville
• Roswell
• Cumming
• Kennesaw

Representatives for the retail giant expect final sales to be held over the next 12 weeks, with closing dates varying from store to store, according to the statement.

To find a nearby location, visit the company's website.

The company was first established as Lumber Liquidators in 1994 and originally operated as a business that bought and sold excess inventory, according to the company's website.

LL Flooring expanded and currently sells about 500 varieties of hard-surface floors. At its peak, the company had more than 400 locations in 2018, CNN reported.