Will Smith & Hawken Be Liquidated?

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed)
Jul 7th 2009 at 9:00PM

Popular garden and outdoor entertaining company Smith & Hawken has been struggling lately. Now Reuters reports that the company will call in the liquidators for its 56 stores unless its corporate parent Scotts Miracle-Gro Company reaches a last minute deal with potential buyers. Scotts bought Smith & Hawken for around $70 million in 2004. The recession has hit the company hard. Financial statements reveal that sales were down 22 percent during the first two quarters of the current fiscal year. Reuters sources say that the 700 employees of the company will be notified soon if no deal is reached. If the company is not bought out, then the going-out-of-business sales could start as soon as the end of the week.

UPDATE: Scotts Miracle-Gro has announced that it will shut down Smith & Hawken. All of Smith & Hawken's 56 U.S. stores will be shut down by the end of the year and the website and call center will stop taking catalog orders immediately.

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Andy Jul 7th 2009 11:39PM

Maybe it is just me, but this post was difficult to read. I had to reread sentences causing a break in the flow.

Toni Jul 8th 2009 2:06AM

Scotts bought Smith & Hawken for around $70 million in 2004
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dealeous Jul 10th 2009 11:12AM

youre an idiot, andy. 700 more people are lossing their jobs and you care only about the grammatical efficiency of the articles flow? just be quiet.

Stuart Jul 15th 2009 9:12PM

Do your readers know that OUTDORA.COM sells the same or very similar products to Smith and Hawken at a fraction of the price, all with free shipping?

Matt Sweetman Jul 14th 2009 4:12PM

I was very disheartened to see that Smith & Hawken is closing it's doors after 30 years of wonderful service. This was always a great landing place for me as I was searching for the right outdoor products for my home as well as a great referral source for family and friends.

What's even worse is we're now seeing one more American company close it's doors and hard working Americans will now be on the hunt for jobs that still seem to be few and far between.

On the flip side of this, I've been crawling through the internet to find a site that offers similar items and stumbled across a company called Outdora. I was really jazzed to find that they carrier Corinthian Bells wind chimes as I've become a huge fan and what was even better, they were cheaper then what I'm used to at S & H and they came with free shipping.

For any of you out there looking for an alternative site like I was, please do visit http://www.outdora.com/ . Nobody can take the place of Smith and Hawken but at least there's an alternative out there that can help us stay away from those huge chain stores.

TahoeBlue Aug 1st 2009 2:38PM

Thanks for the link to the Outdora site.

If you appreciate wind chimes, you should check out the Music of the Spheres wind chimes (also available at Outdora -- including sound samples, ).

Corinthian is nice, but Music of the Spheres chimes are simply outstanding -- available in a range from soprano down to basso profundo ( ! ), and in several modal keys.

TahoeBlue Aug 1st 2009 2:42PM

Thanks for the link to the Outdora site.

If you appreciate wind chimes, you should check out the Music of the
Spheres wind chimes (also available at Outdora -- including sound
samples, ).

Corinthian is nice, but Music of the Spheres chimes are simply
outstanding -- available in a range from soprano down to basso
profundo ( ! ), and in several modal keys.

Dave Jul 15th 2009 10:11AM

I agree that the closing is just another chapter in this awful economy. There is no substitute for another American company closing its doors. Smith and Hawken has nice products. There are alternatives though for those of us that are looking for nice high end product for our home & garden. I visited a few websites over the weekend and saw many products that are just as nice as the Smith & Hawken brands and priced rather equally. You can visit www.hglifestyle.com &
www.outdora.com
those are just a couple of the nice sites that I saw on the internet.