Ardmore's Ritz Camera Staff Moves to Havertown

The Ritz Camera in Ardmore closed at the end of September.

Good news for former Ritz Camera customers: while the camera company has gone out of business and the Ardmore store has closed, some of the store's staff will still be working nearby.  According to Adam Tarsia, the former manager of the Ardmore Ritz Camera location, he and another staff member will be working at the new Cardinal Camera store in nearby Havertown, slated to open in early October. Cardinal Camera, a family-owned chain based in Lansdale, Montgomery County, has bought up many of the leases and some of the equipment of former Ritz Camera shops locally. According to Claire Schweitzer, a member of Cardinal Camera management, the chain has bought out the leases and assets of 11 former Ritz locations, doubling the number of Cardinal…

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Ritz Camera Going Out Of Business

The Ardmore store will be one of the stores to close.

Ritz Camera & Image LLC, the 94-year-old Washington D.C.-based camera company, will liquidate its assets and go out of business, the company announced Monday. No timetable has been announced for closure, but the Ritz Camera in Ardmore has posted signs indicating that all stock is 20 to 40 percent off. Ritz, once one of the largest camera special supply stores in the country, has not been able to adapt in the age of digital cameras and online photo sharing. At a Sept. 6 auction, Ritz failed to find a buyer to keep the chain's remaining stores open. Two liquidation companies—Boston-based Gordon Brothers Retail Partners LLC and Northbrook, Ill.-based Hilco Merchant Resources LLC—were the highest bidders, Bloomberg reports. Ritz is also the …

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