BUSINESS BEAT: John Bloeser Carpet One Closes; State Of BKBIA This Thursday; More

Bloeser Carpet Closed

After 137 years in business making it the oldest floorcovering company in the state John Bloeser Carpet One is shutting its doors.

Starting with its Long Beach retail store at 5510 Britton Drive, which closed to customers earlier this month, Carpet One will be taking phone calls and cleaning out the space through Feb. 28. Call (562) 430-7501 for details.

Carpet Ones Los Angeles Warehouse, which will remain open for now, also can assist customers and direct people to the nearest Carpet One dealer. Call the warehouse at (213) 627-4738.

Owner Jerry Bloeser, the fourth generation of the family business, has been running the company by himself since his brother and partner, John Bloeser, died last year at age 74. The pair had worked together for about five decades.

In Long Beach, if I introduce myself to someone, they say, Oh, youre with the carpet people, Jerry Bloeser said. Our family has a tradition of maintaining this business.

John C. Bloeser, their great-grandfather, started the wholesale side of the business in 1879. The two brothers expanded by starting the retail side of the business; they also were the longtime owners and founders of a now-closed restaurant in Long Beach called The Fish Tale (it was replaced in 2014 by E. J. Malloys).

For details, visit http://www.bloesercarpetone.com.

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BUSINESS BEAT: John Bloeser Carpet One Closes; State Of BKBIA This Thursday; More