A national discount furniture and appliance chain is shutting down stores nationwide, including in Hampton Roads. American Freight Appliances and Furniture, founded in 1994, recently started closing sales at all of its 328 locations and online, according ...

Furniture and appliance retailer American Freight is closing all stores nationwide as part of Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings by its parent company, Franchise Group Inc. The company is shuttering all 328 of its stores and initiating store closing sales ...

Franchise Group, which is based in Delaware, Ohio, said it is closing American Freight due to, "sustained inflation and macroeconomic challenges facing the large durable goods sector," in a news release announcing the filing.