A more than century-old family-owned business near New Castle is closing permanently next month.
WDEL's Amy Cherry reports.
Miller Carpet One opened its doors on West Basin Road in 1972. More than 40 years later, the well-known carpet and flooring business will shut its doors in May or June.
"We really took a hit in 2008," said Sharon Miller, Vice President of Miller Carpet One.
The fourth generation family owner of the business tells WDEL they struggled to recover. Some of the struggle comes from competition, the rest is just consumer choices.
"We compete with other big-ticket items, electronics purchases, vacations," she said. "Are you going to do your flooring this year? Are you going to do your roof? Are you going to go on vacation? So it's not just other flooring stores," she said.
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2008/2009 was a rough time for all small businesses. I'm STILL paying for it today. We've been making a healthy profit even with unstable economy today, but having to pay back taxes, interest and penalties because of crash of late 2008.
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