What Happened to Kelly-Moore Paint?

Monte Lewis says Kelly-Moore Paint shut the stores, and people found out one door at a time. He had never seen a business in the industry stop like that. The next week he drove to about 30 locations, and every store looked a little different. Painters asked whether the Concord store was closed and whether the Pleasant Hill store was still open. He told them every location was closed. Some stores still had paint inside.

Kelly-Moore employees were in shock. In one of the bigger stores a man was in the middle of tinting 175 fives when an email from his boss said to put it down and go home. Some doors carried a thank-you for 75 years and said the store was closed and out of business. Some doors had nothing. Some lights were still on. Orders sat locked behind doors. Customers were angry. Employees, landlords, and vendors were financially harmed.

At the Brentwood store, Dunn-Edwards opened the safe and found the cash bag, with cash still in it, plus cards. Monte Lewis says they are sending the bag to their contact at Kelly-Moore.