The discount retailer has become the latest brick-and-mortar chain to seek Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Stores in 10 states will hold liquidation sales. It’s been a rough few years for brick-and-mortar retailers.

Losing a customer returns partnership with Amazon contributed to the company’s difficulties, along with annual losses and a competitive environment.

Bargain Hunt launched its going-out-of-business sale after filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy earlier this week.

Nashville-based discount chain Bargain Hunt has announced all locations will start closing sales immediately. Here's what Tennessee shoppers should know.

Bargain Hunt announced on Wednesday it has officially begun going-out-of-business sales at all of its locations.

Hilco Consumer-Retail announced the news on Wednesday, which comes after Bargain Hunt's recent bankruptcy filing.

Bargain Hunt, formally Essex Technology Group LLC, filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Tennessee on Feb. 3. The company launched a “massive going-out-of-business sale” Wednesday, according to a news release, and all stores are set to close at the end of the month.

All 95 Bargain Hunt store locations are closing permanently across 10 states after filing for bankruptcy. This includes over a dozen locations in Georgia. All locations will start closing sales immediately. States this chain serves include Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina and Tennessee.

The company, which recently filed for bankruptcy, launched its going-out-of-business sale as it prepares to end operations by the end of the month. Bargain Hunt sells discounted merchandise including appliances, clothes, groceries and outdoor items. The company said everything in stores is on sale and must be sold.

Bargain Hunt, the Nashville-based discount retail chain, has announced the closure of all 92 of its locations.