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Len Vlahos and
Kristen Gilligan sold the store to Bended Page LLC, an investment group led by Back and Spearman.
“The impact of the economic crisis caused by the pandemic made it clear that Tattered Cover was going to need not only new management, but an infusion of capital,” Vlahos and Gilligan wrote on the store’s website. “The difficult sales environment has not kept pace with the business’ mounting debt.”
In addition to the impact of the pandemic, the owners had to issue a public apology in June after stating the store would not be taking a public stance on the Black Lives Matter movement, according to a report by