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Gabberts, a 60-year retail icon in Edina, is nearing its curtain call in the Galleria.
The upscale home-furnishings store started a three-day liquidation sale at its original location in the Galleria on Tuesday, ending a retail legacy that started in 1959 near Southdale. In 1972, the furniture store anchored the debut of the Galleria, then and now the only luxury shopping center in the Twin Cities.
But Gabberts last month opened a store in Bloomington in a giant new building with its corporate cousins, HOM and Dock 86, all units of Minneapolis-based HOM Furniture Inc.
“It’s the end of an era,” said Kathleen Gates of Edina as she hunted for closeout bargains in the store on Tuesday. “It makes me wonder about the future of brick-and-mortar stores.”