A furniture retailer has opened a new store in Bicester today (November 13). Heal's has announced the expansion of its UK retail portfolio with a new outlet store at Bicester Avenue. The 6,000 sq ft space will offer a selection of Heal's best-selling pieces and popular brands at reduced prices.

Store closing sales have begun in-store and online, with discounts of up to 30% off the lowest ticketed prices.

The store closing announcement comes days after American Freight's parent company announced restructuring as part of a bankruptcy filing.

A now-bankrupt furniture store is closing all of its roughly 370 locations across the country, including seven in the Valley. American Freight, an Ohio-based appliance and furniture store said the closures were due to financial problems incurred because of “sustained inflation and macroeconomic challenges facing the large durable goods sector,

A popular furniture store is closing more than 300 locations nationwide, including one in Austin. The Ohio-based chain American Freight is shutting down 30 locations in Texas, including its lone Austin storefront in northwest Austin at The Shops at Anderson Arbor.