Police Close Slumberland Franchise Store

Posted by MCC on August 29th, 2010 at 07:00am

A Slumberland franchise location in Missouri has shut down after the owner failed to pay state taxes. The store initially posted a “closed for inventory” sign on the door, but last week the local police arrived and told them to lock the doors. Owner, Storm Stafford, said that the retailer is accepting calls to handle any questions about pickups or deliveries and that the future of the business is unknown.

Stafford took down the “closed for inventory” sign and replaced it with one that informed the public that the store is closed. It also told customers to call the store if they had any questions about a purchase. Slumberland’s Corporate Office had no comments on how they plan to deal with the situation. And, the Department of Revenue would not disclose how much back taxes are owed by Stafford. But, did disclose that the state sales tax license had been revoked on June 11.

“We’re answering the phones if customers have questions about delivery and stuff like that,” Stafford said. “There is an emergency of course. So we’re trying to get things delivered and picked up as quick as possible, because the future is a little unknown.”

“Slumberland Corporate is having a meeting,” Stafford said. “Actually, they started having meetings Monday to try to figure out where they’re going to proceed; if someone else is going to come in and open a new location here or if there’s not going to be a location here.”

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