What would be nice......is if the buyers of the stores would continue them as they are, with the same brands and names on the stores (Southern Lifestyles and Showcase Direct) indefinitely into the future. This is what Southwest did when they bought Airtran, and they have s-l-o-w-l-y accustomed the customers to the eventual merger.
Looking at the City Furniture website, I see lots of young, "urban chic" styled furniture, and not much "coastal" and "Tommy Bahama" styling as TV residents are accustomed to seeing/buying at these two stores. If the buyers close the current stores and remake them as City Furniture, they're going to lose a LOT of customers.
I vote "Leave them as they are, name and all" for at least a couple of years.
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