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Two Charlotte-area stores to close as specialty retailer winds down business

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Two local malls will be impacted when Kitchen Collection shuts down all 160 of its U.S. stores by year’s end.

The kitchenware retailer’s parent company, Virginia-based Hamilton Beach Brands Holding Co., said last week that Kitchen Collection operations will wind down by the end of 2019.

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As a result, two stores on opposite ends of the Charlotte area will close: at Charlotte Premium Outlets in southwest Charlotte and Concord Mills, which is northeast of the city in Concord.

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