At Home (store)

"Garden Ridge" redirects here. For the town, see Garden Ridge, Texas.
At Home Group Inc.
Public
Traded as NASDAQ: HOME
Industry Retail
Founded 1979 (as Garden Ridge Pottery)
Key people
 Lee Bird, CEO, Judd Nystrom, CFO
Products Furniture
Patio & Garden
Home Textiles
Housewares
Rugs
Seasonal Decor
Tabletop Decor
Wall Decor
Website www.athome.com

At Home is a "big box" retail chain specializing in home decor products, based in Plano, Texas. The specialty retailer's stores each carry over 50,000 unique items across broad product categories (e.g., furniture; garden; home textiles; housewares; patio; rugs; seasonal decor; tabletop décor; wall decor).

The company went public in 2016.

History

Founded in 1979 with one store in Schertz, Texas, the brand was created as Garden Ridge Pottery and was later renamed simply, Garden Ridge. In 2014, the company converted all stores to the At Home brand and floorplan, painting everything grey (from Garden Ridge's characteristic orange).[1] At Home operates more than 110 stores in 29 U.S. states.

AEA Investors acquired Garden Ridge in October 2011.[2] Prior to this, the chain was privately held by Three Cities Research. Garden Ridge filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in 2004[3][4] amid failed lease negotiations, and underwent a major reorganization that included closing ten stores in Texas, Georgia, Missouri, Florida, Ohio, and Tennessee. After the reorganization, the corporation emerged from Chapter 11 in 2005. The company publicly filed an S-1 on September 4, 2015.

References

  1. ↑ Halkias, Maria (June 16, 2014). "Garden Ridge is evolving into At Home". Dallas Morning News. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
  2. ↑ AEA writes 50% equity check for $715M Garden Ridge LBO Archived February 23, 2013, at the Wayback Machine.
  3. ↑ "Kansas City Business Journal". 2004-02-02. Retrieved 2009-08-23.
  4. ↑ Louis, St. (2004-02-02). "Garden Ridge files for bankruptcy, local stores unaffected". Retrieved 2009-08-23.


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