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Brookstone
Hong Kong PE firm Sailing Capital and Chinese conglomerate Sanpower bought Brookstone out of its first bankruptcy for about $173 million in 2014. A second Chapter 11 in August 2018 closed all 101 mall stores, but airport stores and the website kept operating throughout.
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Record updated Sept. 4, 2026
Current ownership
Current owner not established
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What happened under and after ownership
Operating outcome
Operating through distress or restructuring
Filed a second Chapter 11 on August 6, 2018, and closed all 101 US mall stores, but its roughly 35 airport locations and website continued operating throughout the case.
Bluestar Alliance and Apex Digital bought the online, wholesale and IP business for about $65 million in 2018; brookstone.com operates today.
- Founded
- 1965
- Sponsor at closure
- Sailing Capital and Sanpower Group
- Wikipedia · founded 1965; Sailing Capital/Sanpower's June 2014 buyout for over $173 million; April 2014 first Chapter 11; August 6, 2018 second Chapter 11 filing; closure o
- AVCJ · Sailing Capital and Sanpower Group ownership at the time of the 2018 bankruptcy filing
- Retail Dive · sale of Brookstone's online and wholesale businesses and IP to a Bluestar Alliance/Apex Digital partnership for about $65 million, saving roughly 30 airport sho
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