Parent company's economic distress doomed 120-year Badcock furniture

A Texas retailer crushed by inflation, interest rates and more bought a 120-year-old Polk County business in a Hail Mary move. It didn't work out.


Babcock & More Home Furniture distribution center on Kid Ellis Road in Mulberry, Florida, on Aug. 14, 2024.
Babcock & More Home Furniture distribution center on Kid Ellis Road in Mulberry, Florida, on Aug. 14, 2024.
Photo by Calvin Knight
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