Garden Ridge
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- For the town, see Garden Ridge, Texas.
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| Type | Private |
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| Founded | 1970 (as Garden Ridge Pottery) |
| Headquarters | Houston, Texas |
| Key people | Tom Kibarian, CEO Three Cities Research |
| Industry | Retail |
| Products | Patio Furniture Pottery Various Home/Bath Items |
| Slogan | The Home Decor And Craft Marketplace |
| Website | http://www.gardenridge.com |
Garden Ridge is a U.S. retail chain based in Houston, Texas. Starting with just one store, then known as Garden Ridge Pottery, in Schertz, Texas in 1979, the chain has grown into a leader in home-decorating accessories with 36 stores in 13 midwest and southeast states. The big-box retailer sells home décor for indoors and outdoors, including everything from patio furniture and gardening items to artificial plants and picture frames, as well as crafts and party supplies. It also sells a wide selection of seasonal and holiday decorating merchandise. They are also well known for their seasonal Shop-A-Thon sales, where the store is open 24 hours a day over a weekend offering deep discounts on merchandise, and for their weekly craft classes that are held in store. The chain is privately held by investors Three Cities Research. Garden Ridge LLC and its subsidiaries declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in 2004 due to mismanagement and failed lease negotiations and underwent major reorganization closing ten stores in Texas, Florida, Ohio, and Tennessee, including the Airtex store in Houston, one of the original stores in the chain. The corporation emerged from Chapter 11 with renewed store leases in 2005. Two new stores were opened in 2006 in Houston and Springdale, Ohio, replacing the stores that closed in 2004.
Its main competitors are Michaels, JoAnn, Old Time Pottery, and Hobby Lobby.
