Brookstone Inc., the specialty retailer known for selling massage chairs, travel gadgets and other novelties at malls and airports, filed for bankruptcy protection Thursday and said it would close its 101 mall-based stores.

The company said it would put its 35 airport stores up for sale. Those locations are still performing well, the company said. The Wall Street Journal reported last month that Brookstone was in talks with liquidators to close its mall-based outlets.