Sur La Table

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Sur La Table
Company typePrivate
IndustryRetail
Founded1972; 52 years ago (1972)
HeadquartersSeattle, Washington, US
Number of locations
59
Products
  • Cookware
  • Bakeware
  • Cutlery
  • Small electrics
  • Cooking tools
  • Housewares
OwnerMarquee Brands
CSC Generation
Websitesurlatable.com

Sur La Table, Inc. is a privately held retail company based in

Georgetown
neighborhood.

In French, sur la table means on the table. French pronunciation: [syʁ la tabl][5]

History

Sur La Table's Pike Place location in Seattle, Washington.
Store in New York City.

Shirley Collins founded Sur La Table in 1972, opening a single retail location in Seattle's Pike Place Market. In 1995, Collins sold the company.[6]

In 2005, Kathy Tierney took over as the

Williams Sonoma.[7]

In January 2011, Sur la Table launched a website and gift registry program.[8]

In September 2011, Sur La Table was purchased by Bahrain-based Investcorp for an undisclosed amount. It had 86 stores.[9]

On February 18, 2020, it was reported that Sur La Table and Discovery, Inc.'s Food Network Kitchen streaming service would team up together to produce a "first-of-its-kind cooking ecosystem" which will allow students to participate with the in-store cooking class via online streaming.[3]

In March 2020, the company closed all 130 outlets due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In June 2020, the company announced that it would indefinitely lay off 27 workers, or about 18% of the staff, at its corporate headquarters in Georgetown. The separations began on July 1 and did not include severance packages.[10]

In July 2020, Sur La Table filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy[11][12] and was acquired by Marquee Brands and CSC Generation for $88.9 million.[12] By September 2020, it planned to close 73 stores.[13]

References

  1. ^ Bandaranayake, Nadee (October 8, 2018). "Sur La Table: From cooking class to loyal customer". NRF. Retrieved February 19, 2020.
  2. ^ "A Sharp Knife & Salt". Retrieved June 19, 2015.
  3. ^ a b "Sur La Table And Discovery's Food Network Kitchen Join Forces On Content And Marketing Partnership". Discovery Channel. February 18, 2020. Retrieved February 19, 2020.
  4. ^ Berman, Nat (2019). "20 Things You Didn't Know about Sur la Table - 6. Most of Sur La Table retail stores are equipped with kitchens". Moneyinc.com. Retrieved February 19, 2020.
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  6. ^ Mulady, Kathy (January 28, 2002). "Sur La Table gets $14 million". Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
  7. ^ Tice, Carol (June 24, 2005). "A wiser Sur La Table picks its outlets selectively". Puget Sound Business Journal.
  8. ^ "Sur La Table Dishes Up New Location at Hearst Tower in New York Media Epicenter". Hearst. August 15, 2011. Retrieved February 19, 2020.
  9. ^ Martinez, Amy (September 21, 2011). "Sale of Sur La Table may be recipe for growth". The Seattle Times. Retrieved February 19, 2020.
  10. ^ "Sur La Table to lay off a fifth of its corporate staff and possibly close five stores". The Seattle Times. June 26, 2020. Retrieved June 29, 2020.
  11. ^ Assis, Claudia (July 8, 2020). "Kitchenware retailer Sur La Table files for bankruptcy". MarketWatch. Retrieved July 8, 2020.
  12. ^ a b Chouinard, Haley (August 11, 2020). "Sur La Table sells for nearly $90 million to One Kings Lane buyer". Business of Home. Retrieved August 15, 2020.
  13. ^ Leggate, James (September 11, 2020). "Sur La Table closing more stores under new ownership after bankruptcy". FOXBusiness. Retrieved November 13, 2023.

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