CHARLES SCHILLINGER The York Dispatch
Article Last Updated:Â 08/06/2014 12:38:35 PM EDT
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Adam Bittner, 8, of Manchester Township, gets comfortable Friday while shopping with his family…
A Red Lion business that turned a century old this year will close its doors for good this fall.
Zarfos Furniture at 21 W. Broadway started a going-out-of-business sale Friday, one that will continue until the store closes, said Rich Bulgarelli, the current owner.
“It’s time,” he said. “It was a tough decision, but it’s a business decision.”
Bulgarelli said he hired an outside firm to help with the liquidation process, which should take until September or October.
Zarfos Furniture has been faced with major changes in the furniture industry, Bulgarelli said, including that people increasingly are turning to the Internet and wholesale clubs for their furniture.
“Things are just drastically different, and maybe where we’re located is not as good an advantage as it once used to be,” he said.
There have also been major changes recently in styles of furniture and where furniture is made.
Zarfos Furniture traces its roots to C.W. Detwiler, which was purchased by Charles Zarfos and his brother-in-law, Earl Burg, in January
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1907. Zarfos eventually bought out his partner in the 1930s and a decade later formed a new partnership with his children.
In 1995, Bulgarelli came on as a sales manager and assumed ownership of the company in 2003.
The going-out-of-business sale that started Friday features some of the lowest prices the store has ever offered, Bulgarelli said.
— Reach Charles Schillinger at 505-5431 or cschillinger@yorkdispatch.com.
