Gander Mountain's Twinsburg Store Closing

TWINSBURG, OH - Gander Mountain is closing all 126 of its locations nationwide, including seven in Ohio. The retail store specializes in outdoor lifestyle equipment and is looking to liquidate all of its remaining merchandise.

Gander Mountain filed for bankruptcy in March 2017 and began to restructure its company at that time. Initially, that meant closing 32 under-performing stores, none of which were in Ohio.

However, in May 2017 the company was purchased Camping World Holdings. The company has since announced that it will close all of its remaining 126 locations nationwide. Seventy of those stores may reopen as part of Camping World, according to a May 8 press release from the company.

Until then, Gander Mountain stores will be having a liquidation sale. Gift cards for the stores will be accepted until May 18, according to the company website.

Marcus Lemonis, chairman and CEO of Camping World, said in the release that “after reviewing the stores in more detail since our successful bid in the bankruptcy process, our current goal is operate seventy or more, locations subject to, among other things, our ability to negotiate lease terms with landlords on terms acceptable to us and approval of the Bankruptcy Court.”

Gander Mountain's Ohio stores include locations in:

• Mentor, 9620 Diamond Centre Dr
• Twinsburg, 2695 Creekside Drive
• Canton, 4938 Portage St NW
• Niles, 2390 Niles Cortland Rd SE
• Huber Heights, 8001 Old Troy Pike
• Columbus, 5388 Westpointe Plaza
• Reynoldsburg, 2644 Taylor Road SW

Brent Moody, COO of Camping World, said in a May 1 press release that, “Camping World’s plan is to immediately right size the inventory and operate only in retail locations with occupancy costs that we believe support profitable operations, with an extreme focus on corporate overhead and expenses, consistent with our other operating segments.”

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