BETHLEHEM, Pa. \u2013 A longstanding destination for sofas, dining room sets and other furniture is in its final days, bidding farewell with steep discounts in the Lehigh Valley.<\/p>\n
Unclaimed Freight, offering popular brand-name furniture for the bedroom, living room, dining room and office, is holding a store closing sale at 2260 Industrial Drive in Bethlehem.<\/p>\n
An exact closing date has not yet been determined, but the store will cease operations sometime within the next couple of weeks, according to Tracy Gauthier, an event manager overseeing the store\u2019s closure.<\/p>\n
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Unclaimed Freight operates at 2260 Industrial Drive in Bethlehem.<\/p>\n
Ryan Kneller<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re trying to have the building emptied by March 1, but that doesn\u2019t necessarily mean we\u2019ll be open for business until March 1,\u201d Gauthier told 69 News. \u201cSo, we\u2019re trying to get everything out as soon as possible because the building\u2019s already sold.\u201d<\/p>\n
A store closing sale is underway, with posted signage reading “everything must go,” “drastic discounts!” and “store closing forever!”<\/p>\n
Individuals shopping the store in its final days can take advantage of high markdowns on already discounted items, including furniture and other home d\u00e9cor such as lamps, mirrors, area rugs and artwork. All sales are final.<\/p>\n
Inventory has become more limited in recent weeks, but there is still a good selection of pieces for every room of the house, Gauthier said.<\/p>\n
The business is \u201creally starting to get ridiculous with some of the pricing,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n
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Unclaimed Freight operates at 2260 Industrial Drive in Bethlehem.<\/p>\n
Ryan Kneller<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re at the point where we\u2019ll literally entertain any offer that\u2019s reasonable enough,\u201d Gauthier noted.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou can get items for pennies on the dollar. For example, we have $1,600 and $1,700 dressers that we\u2019re selling for a couple hundred bucks right now.”<\/p>\n
The closing sale kicked off Jan. 1, and store fixtures are also available for purchase, according to store manager Robert Hahn, who\u2019s been with the company for 48 years.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re very grateful to the Lehigh Valley community and everyone who has supported the business over the years,\u201d Hahn told 69 News in January. \u201cWe\u2019ve loved serving everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hahn is the nephew of the late Joseph Colabella, Unclaimed Freight\u2019s founder, who established the business in 1971.<\/p>\n
Colabella previously operated an Easton home d\u00e9cor shop and warehouse, known as Unclaimed Salvage & Freight, in the late 1960s and also briefly operated a store in Whitehall Township before opening Unclaimed Freight\u2019s flagship store in Bethlehem a few years later, Hahn said.<\/p>\n
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Unclaimed Freight operates at 2260 Industrial Drive in Bethlehem.<\/p>\n
Ryan Kneller<\/p>\n
Over the ensuing decades, Unclaimed Freight\u2019s footprint grew to include more than a dozen other stores in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Missouri, Hahn said.<\/p>\n
The Bethlehem location is the business\u2019 last remaining store, which the current owners are closing as they prepare to retire, Hahn said.<\/p>\n
Colabella, who passed away at age 91 in 2022, continued to work at Unclaimed Freight through his 80s.<\/p>\n
\u201c[Colabella] was hardworking, and his parents were immigrants who came from Italy,\u201d Hahn said.<\/p>\n
Unclaimed Freight aims to give customers \u201cwhat you want, when you want it at a ridiculously low price,\u201d according to a message on the business\u2019 website.<\/p>\n
The company offers a huge, constantly changing assortment of furniture and accessories \u201cat prices that can enable everyone to indulge their sense of style and pocket some savings too.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Unclaimed Freight operates at 2260 Industrial Drive in Bethlehem.<\/p>\n
Ryan Kneller<\/p>\n
The business buys brand name closeouts, discontinued lots, factory overruns and bankruptcy liquidations from domestic manufacturers and importers, selling them for up to 70% off of their manufacturer’s retail price.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe buy first quality, brand name furniture, odd lots, closeouts and surpluses for pennies on the dollar and pass the savings onto you,\u201d the online message continues. \u201cWe seek out great deals on current styles as well as the old favorites so that we can provide you with highly attractive furniture at the lowest possible prices.\u201d<\/p>\n
Unclaimed Freight is open 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sundays.<\/p>\n
For more information, call the business at 610-974-8194.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BETHLEHEM, Pa. \u2013 A longstanding destination for sofas, dining room sets and other furniture is in its final…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":113526,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[11281,153,155,154,54205,39456,39460,39459,157,39458,39461,54204,54203,39457],"class_list":["post-113525","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bethlehem","tag-bed","tag-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem-headlines","tag-bethlehem-news","tag-dresser","tag-furniture-retailer","tag-furniture-store","tag-joseph-colabella","tag-lehigh-valley","tag-robert-hahn","tag-sofa","tag-store-closing-sale","tag-tracy-gauthier","tag-unclaimed-freight"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113525","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113525"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113525\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/113526"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}