Container Store Shutting Down North American Elfa Wholesale Business

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The Container Store is in the process of, well, reorganizing.

The organizing superstore has made a surprise decision, based on sales figures, to shut down their Elfa wholesale business in North America.

This means that all 85 independent dealers in the United States and Canada — from hardware and specialty stores to Web retailers, including The Great Indoors, a home-decor chain owned by Sears, will need to locate a new supplier for closet and office shelving.

The decision has some insiders saying that the Container Store may be cleaning up their financials in order to go public.  The company is denying that.

In related news, a Century City employee told us today that the annual Elfa sale is being extended 10 days because of a national mail-house delay.  Just in time to organize your Valentine’s Day sweetheart.

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3 responses to “Container Store Shutting Down North American Elfa Wholesale Business”

  1. Scott Roewer Avatar
    Scott Roewer

    This news was a hard hit to my favorite small hardware store here in Washington, DC. Logan Hardware was the only place you could buy elfa (besides the CS) in the entire MidAtlantic region. They worked hard to earn the business of organizers and closet suppliers by offering a discount. Unlike the large retail store who supplied the wholesale merchandise.
    They are now looking for a new closet system to provide to their customers. I’m always pulling for Small Business owners to be successful so let’s raise a glass to this ‘cool’ hardware store.

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  2. OrganizingLA Blog Avatar
    OrganizingLA Blog

    Southern California Container Store Offers Special Discount

    Our friends over at the Container Store have extended their fabulous 20-percent off sale announced on the Oprah Winfrey Show. The limited time discount applies to all Southern California retail stores, and all stores nationwide. How cool is that? To…

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  3. Workout Warehouse Avatar
    Workout Warehouse

    Oh the irony. I know they are denying it but I bet they are preparing to go public. If not on reopening then recently.

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