Sailing, Sanpower-owned Brookstone files for bankruptcy
US specialty retailer Brookstone, which was acquired in 2014 by Sailing Capital and Chinese retail conglomerate Sanpower Group, has filed for bankruptcy again and will close its 102 retail stores located in shopping malls.
Brookstone’s online store will remain open, as will its 35 stores in airports, the company said on Twitter. The company is seeking a buyer for those assets in a bankruptcy auction, along with its intellectual...
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