"Our goal is to deliver outstanding value to customers during this full chain closing sale," said Ian Fredericks, CEO of Hilco Consumer-Retail, which is handling the closing sale. "Everything is on sale and must be sold, and we recommend shopping early for the best selection." Financing and delivery are still available, but all sales are final.

Applebee’s president Tony Moralejo told Nation’s Restaurant News the closings were based on financial decisions.

A national discount furniture and appliance chain is shutting down stores nationwide, including in Hampton Roads.

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

An Ohio-based furniture retailer is shutting down for good, closing doors at all locations across the nation. As it closes, the company promises slashed prices and deep discounts as they work to get rid of inventory.

The Tacoma location of American Freight will close along with the other 327 stores in the United States. The parent company of the nationwide appliance and furniture store, Franchise Group, began Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings in federal court in Delaware.

The store closing announcement comes days after American Freight's parent company announced restructuring as part of a bankruptcy filing.

A now-bankrupt furniture store is closing all of its roughly 370 locations across the country, including seven in the Valley. American Freight, an Ohio-based appliance and furniture store said the closures were due to financial problems incurred because of “sustained inflation and macroeconomic challenges facing the large durable goods sector,