A 65-year-old independent furniture store in Northwest Georgia is calling it quits amid what its owner calls mounting pressure on small businesses.
Stansell Furniture, a retailer of furniture, bedding and home accents with locations in LaFayette and Trion, plans to close before the end of the year, said owner Larry Stansell.
A going-out-of-business sale started last week and the business will shut down in November or before then if it sells its merchandise, he said.
Stansell, whose father Earl started the furniture store in 1948, said changes in the business environment are accelerating.
“There has been much more economic pressure on every small business,” Stansell said. “Ours was not an exception.”