Source: Katherine Peralta, CHARLOTTE OBSERVER, 8/30/18


High Point-based Heritage Home Group, which owns the Thomasville and Broyhill furniture brands, has filed for bankruptcy. If the home furnishings maker doesn’t find a buyer, it will close both of its Lenoir plants and lay off 712 workers. The company said it is in talks with buyers to continue operations at two of its plants in Lenoir: 315 Elizabeth St. Northwest, and at 830 Complex St., according to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN) notice filed this week. Such notices have to be filed with the state.

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