Gottschalks is expected to begin liquidation sales and to close by July 15 after the company announced March 30 that a group of liquidators won a court-supervised auction for the business.
Gottschalks operates 58 department stores in California, Washington, Alaska, Oregon, Nevada and Idaho. Its largest market is California, where it has 38 stores, including locations in Santa Maria and San Luis Obispo.
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