Boston baby stores: going, going, gone?



A reader in Boston emailed this update on Beantown baby gear sellers:

My wife and I just got this news this morning that Boston Baby, a well
established baby furniture retailer in the Boston area with 3 outlets, which
we happen to have a nursery set on order with, has fired everyone, unhooked
the phone, and padlocked the doors without any explanation. I guess this
means we'll be calling our credit card company about a refund very soon. I
appreciate your advice on placing deposit on the credit card.

Since January we've seen BB Kids and The Baby Place, two other well-known
baby gear retailers in this area, suddenly close shop without warning and
file bankruptcy. Boston Baby has been in business for 50 years and has three
outlets! Not even company employees knew this was coming. It is one of the
most well-known stores in this area. It is a mystery to us why baby
furniture stores around here, which there does not seem to be enough of, are
suddenly pulling the plug without warning. We're not used to seeing
retailers act like this. Is that just the nature of their business? Are baby
furntiture retailers shady in genreal, I mean aside from selling $200 cribs
for $800?

Thanks,
Kurt

FYI: Read more about this on the BostonChannel.com

Posted: Mon - April 3, 2006 at 05:30 PM          

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