Conn’s Appliances will close an Alamance County warehouse in Mebane as part of its Chapter 11 bankruptcy process, which will also lead to the closing of 12 North Carolina stores.
Layoffs at the warehouse will begin Oct. 31, according to a filing with the N.C. Department of Commerce. Conn’s announced in July it had filed for bankruptcy protection and would be closing nearly half of its 170 stores. The company is based in a Houston suburb.
The Conn’s store in Burlington will close on Sept. 27, according to a store employee. The retailer primarily sells electronics and furniture.
Last year, Conn’s bought W.S. Badcock, another home goods retailer that operates 380 stores in the southeast US as “Badcock Home Furniture & more.” Thirty-four Badcock stores are closing, including seven in North Carolina.