309 East Paces Ferry Road, N.E. Atlanta, Georgia 30305-2377 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: The Company believes it possesses a valuable brand name in the rental business, as well as operating characteristics which differentiate it from its competitors. For instance, the Company's rental purchase concept is unique in offering 12-month rental purchase agreements, larger and more attractive store show…
One Ashley Way Arcadia, Wisconsin 54612 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Ashley has a rich history of success stories that illustrate its dramatic transition from a 'virtual unknown' to a significant force in the industry. For over half of a century, the company has remained committed to its Vision Statement, 'We Want To Be The Best Furniture Company.' Innovative marketing concepts, quality products …
P.O. Box 626 Bassett, Virginia 24055 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Today Bassett is one of the world's largest furniture manufacturers, reflecting some 90 years of innovation and growth. This growth is rooted in two closely adhered to principals. The first is that Bassett knows there can be no success unless our dealers are successful. We constantly keep our dealers in mind when making changes and…
One Mason Drive Jamestown, New York 14702 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Bush is committed to maintaining its position as the industry leader in product design, quality and innovation. New product development will continue to be a top Company priority. As our markets continue to grow more competitive, we will keep our focus on the principles that have made us successful over the years, particularly…
One Oxmoor Place, Suite 205 101 Bullitt Lane Louisville, Kentucky 40222 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: We are a vertically integrated manufacturer, importer, and marketer of office and residential furniture, and a leader in our primary product lines: home office and computer workstations; desk chairs; commercial office furniture collections; casual lifestyle furniture; and collections of better qua…
1255 Greene Avenue, Suite 300 Westmount, Quebec H3Z 2A4 Canada Company Perspectives: Dorel is committed to continuous new product development and innovation, across a vertically integrated, low-cost manufacturing base. This is a key to our success and has been a major factor in placing us ahead of the competition. Dorel Industries Inc. manufactures a broad range of juvenile furniture products, re…
101 N. Main Street Drexel, North Carolina 28619 U.S.A. Based in the foothills of North Carolina's Blue Ridge Mountains, Drexel Heritage Furnishings Inc. has been producing furniture for almost a century. A subsidiary since 1986 of Masco Corp., the world's largest furniture manufacturer, Drexel Heritage is also a retailer of home furnishing accessories. The Drexel Furniture Co. was founded in 1903…
Ethan Allen Drive P.O. Box 1966 Danbury, Connecticut 06813-1966 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: At Ethan Allen, we're dedicated to providing you superior quality home furnishings at a good, honest value. We support our innovative Classic and Casual indoor and outdoor furnishings with a commitment to service that goes beyond the expected. These principles, set over 67 years ago, remain at the forefro…
9387 Dielman Industrial Drive St. Louis, Missouri 63132 U.S.A. Falcon Products, Inc., is a fast-growing international manufacturer of commercial furniture products with significant shares of the fast-food service and contract office markets. The company focuses on providing its customers with high-quality products that address a wide range of both functional and aesthetic needs. Falcon manufactur…
101 South Hanley Road Saint Louis, Missouri 63105 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Our Mission Statement: To Become the Industry's Undisputed Leaders as an Innovative Furniture Manufacturer and in the Process to Deliver a Significantly Improved Shareholder Value. Furniture Brands International, Inc. is the largest manufacturer of residential furniture in the United States. Its subsidiaries include Br…
1 Haworth Center Holland, Michigan 49423 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Haworth Inc. is a leading designer and manufacturer of office furniture with a global reputation for innovative, high-quality products and services. International design magazine FX states, "Haworth seems to have a genuine intellectual lead among its influential peers. Such extreme thinking demonstrates a thoughtfulness and wil…
855 East Main Avenue Post Office Box 302 Zeeland Michigan 49464-0302 U.S.A. Company Perspectives Our founder, D. J. De Pree, committed Herman Miller to "modern" furniture in 1936 partly because he saw a moral dimension to Gilbert Rohde's clean designs, honest materials, and lack of ornamentation. In 1984, a major impetus behind Bill Stumpf and Don Chadwick's Equa chair was a desire to give a reas…
440 East Commonwealth Boulevard P. O. Box 4708 Martinsville Virginia 24115 U.S.A. Company Perspectives During its 80 years of operation, Hooker Furniture Corporation has sought to exhibit integrity in all its relationships with employees, customers, sales representatives and suppliers. The company has established a strong reputation for providing innovative, quality products at an exceptional val…
Ny Strandvej 21 DK-3050 Humlebaeck Denmark Company Perspectives: Most of the time, beautifully designed home furnishings are created for a small part of the population--the few who can afford them. From the beginning, IKEA has taken a different path. We have decided to side with the many. That means responding to the home furnishing needs of people throughout the world. People with many different…
419 Crossways Park Drive Woodbury, New York 11797 U.S.A. Jennifer Convertibles, Inc. is one of the fastest growing specialty retail stores in the United States. As a specialty retailer, the company's stores focus on selling a complete line of sofabeds as well as companion pieces, including chairs, recliners, and loveseats, all priced to appeal to a broad range of consumers. Each of the stores has…
1 Stickley Drive Manlius, New York 13104-0480 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Our corporate mission is to offer honest craftsmanship, inherent value, and unmatched service. Our goal is to be recognized by the discerning customer as the finest solid wood furniture manufacturer in the world. Founded in 1900 by Leopold and John George Stickley, L. and J.G. Stickley, Inc. is a manufacturer and marketer …
1284 N. Telegraph Road Monroe, Michigan 48162-3390 U.S.A. The La-Z-Boy Chair Company is the largest independent manufacturer of upholstered furniture in the United States and third overall in the manufacture of residential furniture. The La-Z-Boy company enjoys near-universal name recognition; its name, in fact, has become synonymous with the recliner. Major subsidiaries include La-Z-Boy Canada L…
1284 North Telegraph Road Monroe, Michigan 48162-3390 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: We are pleased to be identified as the largest furniture manufacturer and marketer in America. But our primary goal is to be the best at what we do, and in the process, provide our shareholders with a proper return on their investment and our employees with a great working environment, adequate compensation for the…
One Plaza Center Box HP-3 High Point, North Carolina 27261 U.S.A. LADD Furniture, Inc., one of the largest residential furniture manufacturers in the United States, designs, manufactures, and sells furniture through its ten furniture manufacturing subsidiaries. In the mid-1990s, LADD owned 26 manufacturing facilities, including nine in North Carolina, five in Virginia, and one in Mexico. The comp…
21001 Van Born Road Taylor, Michigan 48180 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: By leveraging on our collective strengths, by more effectively combining entrepreneurship and professional management, and by combining our historically successful sales and marketing programs with new cost-reduction, technology, logistics and other initiatives, we are determined to regain our image as a premier growth compan…
5353 West U.S. Highway 223 P.O. Box 1946 Adrian, Michigan 49221 U.S.A. Merillat Industries Inc., a subsidiary of Masco Corp., is the largest manufacturer of cabinetry for the kitchen, bath, and home in the United States. Merillat was launched in 1946 as Merillat Woodworking Company by Orville and Ruth Merillat. In the early days, the company manufactured custom kitchen cabinetry at a 2,400-square…
1900 Gulf Street Lamar, Missouri 64759-1899 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: O'Sullivan's corporate mission has been to become the unquestioned leader in ready-to-assemble furniture. Our path to success has been to focus on having the most innovative product designs, being a low cost producer and empowering our employees to continually improve product quality and customer service. The dedication to t…
P.O. Box 22500 Cleveland, Ohio 44122-0500 U.S.A. OfficeMax, Inc. is the second largest operator of high-volume, deep-discount office products superstores in the United States. In mid-1995, the company was operating more than 400 superstores in 41 states and Puerto Rico and was planning to open more than 150 additional stores within two years. The company was also experimenting with related busine…
301 Madison Avenue South Pulaski Virginia 24301 U.S.A. Company Perspectives The Pulaski success is directly attributable to defining our niche in various core competencies and servicing it well with proper products, prices, and quality to make our products highly desirable in a specific marketplace. 2005 marks Pulaski Furniture's 50th Anniversary. We celebrate our rich history and look forward to…
12560 West Creek Parkway Richmond, Virginia 23238 U.S.A. Founded in 1875, furniture retailer Rhodes Inc. became one of the largest furniture retailers in the United States. By 1996, with its acquisition of several smaller chains in various parts of the country, it held fourth place among U.S. furniture stores. The company had gone through a lengthy period of uneven financial performance, however,…
904 Monroe Street Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin 53085-1872 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Richardson Industries was founded by family members with deeply held values regarding the quality of products and the importance of human relationships. Today, these values represent a common language that provides everyone in the company with rare perspective. Located in Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin, Richardson In…
1014 North Gloster Street Tupelo, Mississippi 38801 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: By improving customer service, consolidating our manufacturing capacity, enhancing our delivery capabilities and our product quality, we have strengthened customer relationships which had suffered as a result of the Company's financial difficulties. As we move forward in the new season, we are pleased to report that …
301 Fitz Henry Road Smithton Pennsylvania 15479-8715 U.S.A. Company Perspectives Whether your style is clean and simple; traditional; opulent and elegant; or a combination of many styles, you'll find more ways to express yourself at Levin Furniture. Sam Levin Inc. is the Smithton, Pennsylvania-based corporate parent of Levin Furniture, operator of a dozen furniture superstores. Half of them are l…
10400 Viking Drive Minneapolis, Minnesota 55344 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Once Upon A Time ... Over a decade ago we started a revolution in sleep. We knew there had to be a better way to build beds. A way that didn't rely on inferior methods like metal springs or water. We knew there had to be a way to give people (including ourselves) a better night's sleep. We found the answer in Air. Our re…
1348 Merchandise Mart Chicago, Illinois 60654 U.S.A. Shelby Williams Industries, Inc., is a leading supplier of furnishings for the contract furniture market. Shelby Williams and its subsidiaries design, manufacture, and distribute furniture, wall coverings and other textiles, and flooring and floor coverings to hotels and restaurants, casinos, country clubs, nursing homes, office buildings, coll…
One Concourse Parkway, Suite 800 Atlanta, Georgia 30328-6188 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Simmons is the world's number one name in bedding--with $1 billion in worldwide sales. And the number one market share in accounts where we do business. Our history is one of innovation. Today more than ever, Simmons is dedicated to producing distinctive, consumer-benefit-driven products such as Simmons, Bea…
1641 Fairystone Park Hwy. Stanleytown, Virginia 24168 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Dreams begin at home ... home begins with Stanley. Stanley Furniture Company, Inc. is a leading designer and manufacturer of furniture, employing over 3,000 people. The high-quality wood furniture produced by the company is targeted for the upper-medium price range of the residential market. The Stanley line includ…
1713 Jaggie Fox Way Lexington, Kentucky 40511 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Finally, the technology revolution that changed how we work, travel and communicate is beginning to change how we sleep, relax, travel and live. Tempur-Pedic Inc. is the Lexington, Kentucky-based subsidiary of Tempur World, makers of products using a viscoelastic foam material (the original named Temper Foam) developed in …