At Home (store)
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At Home is an American big-box retail chain of home furnishing stores. Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, At Home operates 262 stores in 40 states.
HistoryEdit
At Home was founded in 1979 in Schertz, Texas, as Garden Ridge Pottery and was later renamed to Garden Ridge.
Investment firm Three Cities Research became the largest shareholder of Garden Ridge in 1999.
Garden Ridge filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in 2004. After the reorganization, the corporation emerged from Chapter 11 in 2005.Template:Citation needed
AEA Investors acquired Garden Ridge in October 2011.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> CEO Lee Bird III joined Garden Ridge in December 2012. Prior to this, Bird was President of Nike Affiliates for Nike Inc., Chief Operating Officer of Gap, and Chief Financial Officer of Old Navy.<ref name="Board of Directors">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
In 2014, Garden Ridge converted all stores to the At Home brand and floorplan.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The rebranding project changed the use of orange color for advertising to a soft grey and blue, and added a house symbol for the "o" in At Home.<ref name=":0">Template:Cite news</ref> The rebranding cost around $20 million.<ref name=":0" />
At Home publicly filed an S-1 on September 4, 2015, to go public.<ref>Template:Cite press release</ref>
In July 2021, At Home was acquired by Hellman & Friedman.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
In October 2023, Fitch Ratings reported that At Home was nearing a potential Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> On April 10, 2025, At Home warned that it would explore a potential bankruptcy filing, blaming financial challenges caused by Donald Trump's recent tariff spike.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> On May 29, 2025, At Home warned that it was preparing to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy within the coming weeks after it missed an interest payment to creditors and entering a forbearance agreement with lenders a week later, which lasts a month, and it temporarily suspends future payments. The company is also searching for a new country for suppliers as it plans to exit China due to the tariffs.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>