The Bath branch of Carpetright is one of more than 200 stores that has closed after the company went into administration.
The Carpetright store in Bath, which has now closed
The store was based at Mero Retail Park on Lower Bristol Road.
The joint administrators have completed a sale of 54 stores and two logistics hubs to CWHP Ltd, part of the Tapi Group.
This saves the brand and the jobs of more than 300 staff, but at least 1,000 jobs are lost.
Among the stores that are being transferred to flooring retailer Tapi are the ones at Aldermoor Way in Longwell Green, Spitfire Retail Park in Trowbridge and Bath Road in Chippenham.
The Bristol Eagleswood Warehouse at Bradley Stoke is also on PriceWaterhouseCooper’s (PwC) transfer list.
Inside the closed Carpetright store in Bath
Alongside Bath, other stores to close in the region include Centaurus Road in Cribbs Causeway, and the branches at Wessex Fields Retail Park at Frome and New Park Street, Devizes.
Carpetright, which had its headquarters in Purfleet in Essex, was founded in 1988 and sold carpets, flooring and beds. Owned by Nestware Holdings, it filed a notice to appoint administrators last month.
The company had been hit by challenging trading conditions, predominantly due to changing consumer preferences and a drop in home improvement spending post-pandemic.
The business was also impacted by a cyber-attack in April of this year which left it unable to trade for a period of time.
