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Linens ‘N’ Things
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Outcomes researched
Reviewed operating findings or a classified operating outcome are available.
Record updated Sept. 4, 2026
Current ownership
Current owner not established
This record does not identify a current owner. That absence is a gap in the record, not a conclusion about ownership.
1 ownership record has an unresolved current/former status.
Ownership and transaction history
Chronology from recorded ownership periods, transactions and reviewed outcome events. Event order does not imply causation.
Dec. 28, 2008
Operations ceased
Operating outcome
Nov. 1, 2020
Revival or successor activity recorded
Operating outcome
Date not recorded
What happened under and after ownership
Operating outcome
Ceased operations, then returned
Filed Chapter 11 on May 2, 2008, and closed all 571 stores by December 28, 2008, after Apollo Management's 2006 leveraged buyout left it unable to restructure its debt.
The company briefly ran an online-only store from 2009 to 2018. Retail Ecommerce Ventures bought the brand in July 2020 and relaunched linensnthings.com that November.
Operated today by Retail Ecommerce Ventures as an e-commerce-only retailer; no physical Linens 'n Things store has reopened.
- Founded
- 1970
- Peak headcount
- 7,300
- Sponsor at closure
- Apollo Management
- Cause
- Debt left at exit
- Wikipedia · founded 1970; Apollo Management's $1.3 billion 2006 buyout; May 2, 2008 Chapter 11 filing; store closures completed December 28, 2008; 7,300 employees as of Dec
- NBC News · 2008 · Linens 'n Things files for bankruptcy protection, May 2008
- NBC News · Apollo Management's $1.3 billion buyout agreement, $28/share
What we do not know
These are gaps in the public record, not findings about the organization.
- No current public ownership assessment has been published.
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