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Metro Mattress is closing stores and winding down operations: See the list of locations that will shutter

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Thirteen months after filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, Metro Mattress Corp. is set to become the latest brick-and-mortar chain to wind down operations in 2025.

The New York-based bedding retailer has disclosed in a court filing that it plans to shutter its remaining stores after some 21 attempts to find a buyer or strategic partner that would have allowed it to continue.

Headquartered in Syracuse, Metro Mattress had 70 locations across New York and four New England states when it sought Chapter 11 protection in September 2024. At the time, it said it planned to close roughly two dozen of those stores and refocus its efforts specifically on its New York locations. 

CEO Dino Cifelli, a furniture retail veteran who had been hired only six months earlier to execute a growth strategy at Metro Mattress, noted in his initial court declaration that the New England stores faced various existential headwinds, including higher operating costs and “inefficiencies of scale.”

Shedding those locations, Cifelli added, would help Metro Mattress return to profitability and “result in a sustainable business.” 

But things haven’t turned out that way, and now the retailer says it will close all of its remaining stores.

In a court filing in early October, Metro Mattress said it will transfer most of its inventory to five or six locations and conduct going-out-of-business sales, with the spaces being returned to landlords after a roughly five-week liquidation period. 

Which Metro Mattress locations are closing? 

All remaining Metro Mattress locations are expected to close, and in fact many already have.

The company has not confirmed which stores will remain open to conduct the liquidation sales. Emails to Metro Mattress went unreturned and a representative declined to comment to Fast Company when reached by phone. 

According to its store locator tool, the following seven locations appear to still be opened as of Monday:

  • Metro Mattress Albany
  • Metro Mattress John Glenn Blvd: Syracuse, NY
  • Metro Mattress Syracuse: Dewitt, NY
  • Metro Mattress Irondequoit: Rochester, NY
  • Metro Mattress Greece: Rochester, NY
  • Metro Mattress Amherst
  • Metro Mattress Glenmont

In court documents, Metro Mattress has identified the following 40 stores across New York State that will shutter as part of its wind-down process:

  • Metro Mattress Amherst: Tonawanda, NY
  • Metro Mattress Horseheads: Horseheads, NY
  • Metro Mattress Irondequoit: Irondequoit, NY
  • Metro Mattress Greece: Rochester, NY
  • Metro Mattress Olean: Olean, NY
  • Metro Mattress Glenmont: Glenmont, NY
  • Metro Mattress John Glenn: Syracuse, NY
  • Metro Mattress Wolf Road: Albany, NY 12205
  • Metro Mattress Hamburg: Hamburg, NY
  • Metro Mattress Utica: Yorkville, NY
  • Metro Mattress Batavia: Batavia, NY
  • Metro Mattress Lansing: Ithaca, NY
  • Metro Mattress Lockport: Lockport, NY
  • Metro Mattress Geneseo: Geneseo, NY
  • Metro Mattress Auburn: Auburn, NY
  • Metro Mattress Liverpool: Liverpool, NY
  • Metro Mattress Watertown: Watertown, NY
  • Metro Mattress Union Road: Cheektowaga, NY
  • Metro Mattress Clifton Park: Clifton Park, NY
  • Metro Mattress Delaware: Buffalo, NY
  • Metro Mattress New Hartford: New Hartford, NY
  • Metro Mattress Niagara Falls: Niagara Falls, NY
  • Metro Mattress East Dewitt: Syracuse, NY
  • Metro Mattress Geneva: Geneva, NY
  • Metro Mattress Niskayuna: Niskayuna, NY
  • Metro Mattress Johnson City: Johnson City, NY
  • Metro Mattress Johnstown: Johnstown, NY
  • Metro Mattress Oswego: Oswego, NY
  • Metro Mattress Norwich: Norwich, NY
  • Metro Mattress Wilton: Saratoga Springs, NY 12866
  • Metro Mattress Cortland: Cortland, NY
  • Metro Mattress Oneonta: Oneonta, NY
  • Metro Mattress Vestal: Vestal, NY
  • Metro Mattress West Fairmount: Syracuse, NY
  • Metro Mattress Henrietta: Rochester, NY
  • Metro Mattress Ithaca: Ithaca, NY
  • Metro Mattress Canandaigua: Canandaigua, NY
  • Metro Mattress North Cicero: Cicero, NY
  • Metro Mattress Rome: Rome, NY
  • Metro Mattress Webster: Webster, NY

Retail closures pile up in 2025

Metro Mattress joins a number of well-known retail chains that have ceased operations after seeking bankruptcy production over the last 18 months.

The list includes much larger operations such as Party City, fast-fashion brand Forever 21, and the arts-and-crafts retailer Joann fabrics.

But smaller and mid-sized chains are obviously not immune to the same unfavorable forces that have plagued so many retail businesses in recent years—including soaring operating costs, consumers with less money to spend, and the broader shift to online shopping.

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