Thursday, January 7, 2016

Tough retail Environment? Upscale furniture shop closing on the Bowery



Environment Furniture, which "creates timeless contemporary collections for the home that respect the planet," is having a going-out-of-business sale at its showroom on the Bowery between Great Jones and East Fourth Street...



The Environment website described their location this way:

In the heart of the bustling hip neighborhood of the Bowery, iconic destination for the underground art world and music community. Footsteps away from the Bowery Hotel, Il Buco and former CBGB historic location.

The store arrived in 2012... and later expanded into the adjacent space at 350 Bowery (previously Gallery 151).
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10 comments:

  1. AnonymousJanuary 7, 2016 at 9:07 AM

    Hyping a neighborhood as the reason to buy your wares does not work obviously. I think the Bowery will see a lot more places closing shortly after opening, it's all too fast and expensive a place to open a new business.

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  2. AnonymousJanuary 7, 2016 at 10:06 AM

    Nothing is "timeless" these days. We're on a month to month basis in this neighborhood.

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  3. GojiraJanuary 7, 2016 at 10:10 AM

    Erm, I would think the home that truly respects the planet would be filled with nice used or vintage furniture so as not to promulgate a continuation of the use of natural resources and chemicals to make all-new stuff. Quality's usually better, too, for less money. But maybe that's just me.

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  4. AnonymousJanuary 7, 2016 at 10:44 AM

    This is sad. I really like this store. A lot of their merchandise is unique and timeless. Too bad. WTF is happening with this neighborhood? I will vomit if another subway or Duane Reade or TD Bank invades the area.

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  5. AnonymousJanuary 7, 2016 at 11:40 AM

    Gojira, as someone that owns a shop selling restored vintage furniture I could not agree more.

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  6. AnonymousJanuary 7, 2016 at 11:53 AM

    And, this store was on Broadway and 18th Street for several years before locating to Bowery

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  7. AnonymousJanuary 7, 2016 at 12:04 PM

    @10:06am: You nailed it.

    @Gojira: It's not just you!

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  8. cmarrtyyJanuary 7, 2016 at 12:32 PM

    I ran a business in that very shop before Environment, There is little or no serious traffic and the rent is too damn high. Most of the street traffic we see today is made up of tourists. And tourists shop for discounts, cheap tees and food.

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  9. AnonymousJanuary 7, 2016 at 2:37 PM

    Furniture is for yuppies anyway.

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  10. AnonymousJanuary 7, 2016 at 4:35 PM

    Besides the prices, you know this was a store for rich people, because everything was sized for a house in LA, not NYC.

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