19 Carpetright stores to be saved

After writing about Carpetright filing for administration back in the middle of July, it seems as though the company has had some good luck!

After being hit by a cyber attack in April of this year, the company struggled to claw back profits and ultimately hired administrators. Shortly after this, company ‘Tapi’ purchased the brand, its Intellectual Property, two of its warehouses and 54 stores for an unknown amount. However this purchase didn’t come without its own challenges. The managing director of Tapi, Jeevan Karir, stated that their goal initially ‘was to try to save all of Carpetright’. However, after considering the situation further they ‘quickly established that saving the entire business was unviable.’ 

Despite this, Bensons for Beds seems to have stepped up as the new hero, after buying almost 19 Carpetright stores’ locations and plans to transform them into new Bensons for Beds outlets. This comes with a promise to ex-Carpetright staff to hire them within these new outlets, which are due to be opened within the next few months. Bensons for Beds’ CEO, Nick Collard, has said that ‘increasing the number of Bensons stores remains a key growth priority’, and expresses his excitement to ‘take on 19 store units’. 

The 19 store locations are Aberdeen, Ashton, Belfast, Canterbury, Edmonton, Exeter, Irvine, Kettering, Old Kent Road, Oldbury, Portsmouth, Salisbury, Slough, Sutton, Torquay, Bath, Eastbourne, Gillingham and Solihull.