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Wicks 'N' Sticks, often written as Wicks n' Sticks, was a chain of mall-based candle and later home decor stores in the United States.


History

Wicks 'N' Sticks began in Houston in 1968, and by 1971 had grown to 18 locations in 11 states. The store offered a range of 23 different scented candles, hand-carved candles from Germany, and hand-carved wooden candle holders from Spain. By 1988, the chain had grown to a total of 305 stores, a large number of them franchised. By the 1990s, the chain's product range had greatly expanded, due to the company only requiring a third of products to be purchased from them, allowing the franchisee to stock the other two-thirds with products including Christmas ornaments, porcelain items, collectibles, calendars, and more. In 2006, the company filed for
Chapter 11 bankruptcy Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code (Title 11 of the United States Code) permits reorganization under the bankruptcy laws of the United States. Such reorganization, known as Chapter 11 bankruptcy, is available to every business, whe ...
, citing new competition from other stores and foreign imports.{{Cite news, last=Wollam, first=Allison, url=https://www.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2006/10/30/story1.html, title=Bankruptcy snuffs candle maker, date=October 26, 2006, work=Houston Business Journal, access-date=March 3, 2020, archive-date=September 2, 2014, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140902102550/http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2006/10/30/story1.html, url-status=live While a majority of stores closed at this time, some independent franchises continued including locations at Rhode Island's
Warwick Mall Warwick Mall is an enclosed American shopping mall in Warwick, Rhode Island, on the north side of Interstate 295 near the junction with Interstate 95. Composed of more than of retail space, it features more than 80 stores and a food court. ...
, which closed in 2012, and at Florida's Volusia Mall, which closed in 2016.


See also

* Yankee Candle *
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References

Retail companies established in 1968 Retail companies disestablished in 2006 Companies that filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2006 Candles