{"id":222684,"date":"2026-03-27T06:16:39","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T06:16:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/222684\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T06:16:39","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T06:16:39","slug":"north-texas-furniture-retailer-closing-after-nearly-80-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/222684\/","title":{"rendered":"North Texas furniture retailer closing after nearly 80 years"},"content":{"rendered":"

Longtime North Texas retailer Weir\u2019s Furniture Village Inc.<\/a> is closing all stores after 78 years in business.<\/p>\n

The retailer, with stores in Southlake, Farmers Branch, Plano and Dallas, announced the news on social media<\/a> on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis was an extremely difficult decision, but closing now enables us to honor J. Ray and Bea\u2019s legacy by finishing well and taking care of our employees,\u201d board chairman Al Boulden said in a statement shared by Star-Telegram media partner WFAA<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The family-owned business was founded by J. Ray and Bea Weir who opened their first storefront in 1948 in the Knox Street area of Dallas.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor nearly eight decades, we have believed that home is more than just a place \u2014 it\u2019s where memories are made, families gather, and lives are lived with purpose and joy,\u201d the retailer said in a statement<\/a>. \u201cWith your support, we have helped countless families create inviting, stylish spaces \u2014 all with the courtesy, respect, and integrity that are the cornerstones of who we are.\u201d<\/p>\n

The company said a closing sale will start on Thursday with up to 30% off all merchandise.<\/p>\n

\"The The Weir\u2019s Furniture store in the Wyndham Plaza shopping center located at 201 N. Nolen Drive in Southlake is one of four locations that will close down. A 30% off all store merchandise closing sale starts Thursday. Fousia Abdullahi fousia.abdullahi@star-telegram.co <\/p>\n

\u201cWe are incredibly grateful for the support, trust, and memories you\u2019ve shared with us over the years,\u201d the company said in the social media post. \u201cIt has truly meant everything to our family\u201d<\/p>\n


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Fousia Abdullahi<\/a><\/p>\n

Fort Worth Star-Telegram<\/p>\n

Fousia Abdullahi is a Fort Worth Star-Telegram news reporter who covers suburban cities including Southlake, Colleyville, Grapevine and Keller. She enjoys reading and attending local events. Send tips by email or phone.\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Longtime North Texas retailer Weir\u2019s Furniture Village Inc. is closing all stores after 78 years in business. The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":222685,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[116,118,117,86632,86634,86633,86114],"class_list":["post-222684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth-headlines","tag-fort-worth-news","tag-north-texas-furniture-store","tag-southlake-furniture","tag-store-closing","tag-weirs-furniture"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222684","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=222684"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222684\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/222685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=222684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=222684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=222684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}