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Furniture chain Bensons for Beds has purchased 19 Carpetright shops after the flooring retailer collapsed into administration in July.
It mentioned it hopes to create job alternatives for former Carpetright employees when the outlets reopen beneath the Bensons model.
Carpetright went bust after slower buyer demand and a cyber assault in April which hit restructuring plans.
It employed greater than 1,800 folks and had 273 shops throughout the UK earlier than it went into insolvency.
Carpetright’s model, mental property, 54 of its shops and two warehouses have been purchased by rival Tapi weeks later.
But Carpetright’s collapse led to the closure of greater than 200 of its different shops and redundancy for greater than 1,000 staff.
Bensons chief govt Nick Collard mentioned growing the variety of its shops was a precedence for the furnishings retailer.
It desires to bump up the quantity from 162 outlets at current to greater than 200 over the following few years.
This is regardless of bosses at Bensons highlighting “challenging” circumstances for the sale of dearer furnishings gadgets.
Mr Collard mentioned Bensons had been gaining market share after returning to profitability in 2023, “reflecting the hard work from all our colleagues across the organisation”.
He added that purchasing the Carpetright shops “leaves us well placed when the wider market starts to recover”.
PwC joint administrator Rachael Wilkinson mentioned: “We’re pleased to have reached an agreement for the sale of 19 former Carpetright stores to Bensons for Beds, and echo their hopes that the transaction will create future employment opportunities for former Carpetright employees.”
Carpetright was based in 1988, and bumped into hassle in April when gross sales slumped following a cyber-attack that put it is on-line ordering system out of motion.
But it had been fighting slowing client demand for a while.
In July the boss of Tapi mentioned he was “desperately sad” to not have been capable of save extra buyer orders and jobs.
