Last week the Waukegan-based company gave notice that the Home Owners Bargain Outlet, or HOBO, would be forced to shutter because of financial trouble if it couldn’t find a buyer by the end of the year.

Is there a hobo in Milwaukee?

HOBO has two outlets in Wisconsin: one in West Allis on 108th Street, the other on 27th Street on Milwaukee’s south side. The company employs about 100 people in Wisconsin.