Badcock's bankrupt Texas parent cutting nearly 70 jobs in Lakeland

Conn’s Inc., the Texas retailer that bought Polk County-based W.S. Badcock a few months before filing for bankruptcy, is laying off 67 employees as it closes a store and warehouse center in Lakeland.

The furniture company says in a letter to state officials that the job cuts are happening because it is shutting the facility as it winds down operations during the bankruptcy process.

The layoffs are expected to begin Oct. 31 and last through the bankruptcy, the company says in the letter sent to the state to meet federal Worker Adjustment Retraining and Notification requirements.