How the 10 Largest US Furniture Factory Outlets Started

Sturdy furniture lasts for a long time and some evenFurniture Affair started way back in 1989, on Bell
are there for a lifetime. Making furniture requires lotsRoad in Phoenix Arizona, in just a small overcrowded
of skill, knowledge and dedication and America'sroom. Nancy Rhodes, the President and CEO of
largest furniture outlets know that. And now, let usFurniture Affair, was a flourishing stockbroker. Since
go back in time and find out how they have allshe was a born entrepreneur she got the idea by
started.just looking at beautiful model homes which was her
Whether your concentration in furniture is its historyfavorite pastime. As of today, her company is known
and progress, the carpentry and influential skillsto be the pioneer in the resale of discount furniture,
involved in creation of fine furniture, or you are justfurniture appraisals, interior design, model home
simply looking for furnishings for your own home,furnishings, and installations.
then, you might well just visit a furniture factoryThe Woodstock Furniture Outlet, started in 1988,
outlet nearby. And there are lots of big furniturewith the help of Jr. Aaron's family; he established and
outlets all around the country that might help youopened the doors of Woodstock Furniture Outlet to
with what you want. But, ever wonder how theythe public. It is known for its customer friendly
have all started?salesmanship and great deals of home furnishings.
John Mathias Bernhardt, the founder of BernhardtStarting with just about 6000 square feet building
Furniture Company, became an orphan at the age oflocated on Hwy 5, the business continued to develop
13 when his parents died. He and his brother facedand the call for more space was unavoidable. So the
life together, but fate had different plans for them.Woodstock Furniture Outlet moved into a new
They were employed in a local general store. Hislocation, at the intersection of Bells Ferry Road and
brother stayed in a retail business while John MathiasHwy 92 in a 25,000 square foot building. Since they
went to the west and soon secured work as ahave a wider area, there is a need for a furniture
government surveyor. It nearly took his life assistingstore and the Aaron's anticipated the on going trend
settlers at the frontier. Everything went well and heis increasing and they should meet every customer's
survived all the difficulties and he returned to beginneeds. It is a furniture store where everything you
an enterprise after three years at the frontier andneed is here to furnish your home. They offer a
soon his venture became one of the country's topwide array of home accessories and a huge floral
producers of commercial and residential furnituredepartment brimming with floral designs, a living room
around. Today, this flourishing endeavor is one of theand dining room models.
oldest family enterprises in America.Other furniture factory outlets include the Webster
From the founder R.L Simpson, the name SimpsonFurniture that can be found on Route 1 near
Furniture appears. He was a skilled furniture retailerRehoboth Beach, the CORT Putnam Furniture Rental
and his venture started in1946 when he bought anthat offers many selections that will fit the needs of
old building in Cedar Falls and little did he know that itcorporations, students and professionals, the Hornell
would be Cedar Valley's biggest furniture business inFurniture Outlet situated on Main Street in Hornell,
the making. A fire ravaged his hopes and dreams inNew York, the Becker Home Center of the Huseby
1983 and the business faced many losses. No onefamily that was founded in 1978, the Brownlee's
knew whether Simpson Furniture would still rebuild inFurniture, a family-owned business which is located in
downtown or just relocate to another place. SimpsonLawrenceville, Georgia, the Malouf Furniture that
Furniture decided to stay and rebuild a new and evenstarted in Downtown Greenwood, Mississippi, and the
bigger store at the very center of downtown CedarFurniture Outlets USA.
Falls in that very same spot where it started.