What lies in the future for the smith and hawken stores?
Thirty years after Dave Smith and Paul Hawken founded gardening tool importer Smith & Hawken in Mill Valley, the company will be shut down by the weed-killer manufacturer that purchased it in 2004. Ohio parent company Scotts Miracle-Gro said Wednesday it will cease Smith & Hawken business by the end of 2009, and has hired a liquidator to help it do so. The move calls for the closure of all of Smith & Hawken’s 56 retail stores — including those in Los Gatos, Palo Alto, Burlingame, Berkeley and Walnut Creek. Going-out-of-business sales started today. The company said it will lay off 700 employees, including 70 at its corporate offices in Novato, although some workers will be kept on through December to help with the liquidation of the company’s inventory, all of which will occur through its stores. The company is no longer taking orders on its Web site. Genentech wins judge’s approval to settle suit: Genentech, the biotechnology company bought by majority shareholder Roche Holding for $4
Thirty years after Dave Smith and Paul Hawken founded gardening tool importer Smith & Hawken in Mill Valley, the company will be shut down by the weed-killer manufacturer that purchased it in 2004. Ohio parent company Scotts Miracle-Gro said Wednesday it will cease Smith & Hawken business by the end of 2009, and has hired a liquidator to help it do so. The move calls for the closure of all of Smith & Hawken’s 56 retail stores — including those in Los Gatos, Palo Alto, Burlingame, Berkeley and Walnut Creek. Going-out-of-business sales started today. The company said it will lay off 700 employees, including 70 at its corporate offices in Novato, although some workers will be kept on through December to help with the liquidation of the company’s inventory, all of which will occur through its stores. The company is no longer taking orders on its Web site. Genentech wins judge’s approval to settle suit: Genentech, the biotechnology company bought by majority shareholder Roche Holding for $4
