We learned on Saturday morning that after much soul-searching the owner of Southwest Antiques and Collectibles will be closing the store at the end of March. Since the original owner passed away about a year ago, the shop has been steadily losing dealers and customers. Is this a sign of the times and bad economy or the inexperience of a new owner? Probably both is true.
Southwest Antiques and Collectibles has been a Houston antiques shopping destination for as long as I can remember. It has been in it current location for about 20 years. We personally have had a shop there since 2007. We have decided to go ahead and close our booth at the end of January. We will be concentrating more on our shop at Antiques on 8 and reinvigorating our on-line sales which have really taken a back seat in the past year.
If you are one of the long time customers of Southwest, be sure and stop by and say goodbye to the great staff and dealers. Hopefully they will all find new jobs and shops to sell their wares. Certainly there will be lots of close-out sales.
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