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COVID-19: Century 21 Files For Bankruptcy, Closing All Stores COVID-19: Century 21 Files For Bankruptcy, Closing All Stores
Covid-19: Century 21 Files For Bankruptcy, Closing All Stores Liquidation sales are under way at all 13 Century 21 stores after the company announced Thursday it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The impetus was a non-payment of approximately $175 million declined by the company's insurance provider as a direct result of losses during the COVID-19 pandemic, the company said in a press release. The off-price retail store in business for more than 60 years was left with "no viable alternative" to closing," the company's co-CEO Raymond Gindi said.  "While retailers across the board have suffered greatly due to COVID-19, and Century 2…

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by Cecilia Levine