Employees at Kirkland's in Lee's Summit say the store at 1660 NW Chipman Road is expected to close at the end of December. The location has operated there since 2012; markdowns are underway, and all sales are final.
The employees shared the closure plan with the Kansas City Star. No primary company notice confirming the shutdown or its exact final operating day was provided. The Brand House Collective, Kirkland's parent company, did not respond to the Star's request for comment before publication.
The report also found no indication that the closure had been extended to other Kansas City-area stores. Employees at Kirkland's locations at 241 S Stewart Road in Liberty and 15325 W 119th St. in Olathe said they had not been told by corporate that their stores would close.
A Company Already Reshaping Its Store Footprint
The Lee's Summit closure fits into a much larger shakeup at Kirkland's. The Brand House Collective sold the Kirkland's Home intellectual property to Bed Bath & Beyond for $10 million on September 15, 2025, according to a release distributed via PR Newswire, and the company said it was on track to convert all Kirkland's Home stores into Bed Bath & Beyond stores over the next 24 months. Kirkland's would also expand into wholesale for the first time to help grow revenue, as reported by Retail Dive.
Bed Bath & Beyond later announced a merger agreement to acquire The Brand House Collective, formerly Kirkland's Inc., in a deal valued at $26.8 million, according to USA Today. How many of the roughly 330-plus stores will ultimately be converted remains contested. Retail Dive reported the company expected about 250 to 275 of the existing Kirkland's fleet to stick around as Bed Bath & Beyond stores, and USA Today similarly reported that about 250 stores were planned for conversion. Business of Home, citing suppliers, offered a starkly different picture, reporting that fewer than half the total store fleet would be converted, with some suppliers suggesting the number could be as low as 40 stores; that same report noted only about a half-dozen Kirkland's stores had been retrofitted so far, with only locations roughly 10,000 square feet or larger being considered going forward.
Sales Declines and Mounting Losses
The retooling comes as the company's finances have deteriorated. The Brand House Collective reported third-quarter 2025 net sales of $103.5 million, down from $114.4 million the prior year, driven by a 7.4% decline in consolidated comparable sales, according to the company's investor relations site. That quarter's net loss totaled $3.7 million, an improvement from the $7.7 million net loss a year earlier, while adjusted EBITDA swung to a $9.9 million loss compared with $0.5 million in income the prior year quarter.
The pattern was similar earlier in the year. The company reported second-quarter 2025 net sales of $75.8 million, down from $86.3 million, alongside a net loss of $20.2 million compared with $14.5 million the year before, with consolidated comparable sales down 9.7%, according to PR Newswire. During the third quarter alone, the company closed three Kirkland's Home stores and converted three others to Bed Bath & Beyond Home stores, per the investor relations report.
Closures Already Hitting Other Markets
Lee's Summit isn't an isolated case. Kirkland's Home stores in Cordova, Tennessee, and Southaven, Mississippi, are also closing, with management confirming both stores' final day as Dec. 27, according to The Commercial Appeal. A storewide 30% off sale began at those stores ahead of their shutdown, and once they close, the only Kirkland's location remaining in the Memphis area will be in Collierville, the paper reported.
Georgia is seeing a similar story. Kirkland's Home was expected to permanently close its Gainesville location after nearly a decade in business, with a closing sale already underway, according to the Gainesville Times. In the Memphis area, The Commercial Appeal also reported that a Container Store location in Germantown — acquired by Bed Bath & Beyond and converted into a hybrid concept in 2026 — is also closing in December.
What the Company Has Said About Its Stores
At the end of the third quarter of fiscal 2025, The Brand House Collective reported 303 Kirkland's Home stores and 3 Bed Bath & Beyond Home stores, according to its third-quarter results. Home Textiles Today reported that Bed Bath & Beyond completed its merger with The Brand House Collective on April 3, 2026, making the company a wholly owned subsidiary. In their November 2025 merger announcement, The Brand House Collective and Bed Bath & Beyond said more than 40 underperforming or non-strategic stores had been identified for closure in early 2026. The announcement did not name the Lee's Summit location.
For now, it remains unresolved whether the Liberty and Olathe stores will eventually join the list of closures, or whether Lee's Summit shoppers will see a Bed Bath & Beyond concept move into the Chipman Road space once Kirkland's clears out at the end of December.
