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In 1966, the company changed its name to Interco as the result of diversification, and once the company exited the shoe business, adopted the name Furniture Brands International. Some of the brands it owned in the furniture industry included Broyhill, Thomasville, Drexel Heritage, Henredon, Hickory Chair, Pearson, Laneventure, and Maitland-Smith.
In January 2006, the company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. [6] They left Chapter 11 protection in August 2006. [4] In 2012, Lovesac was named the fastest growing furniture company in the U.S. by Furniture Today magazine as well as recognized for being one of the top 100 furniture companies. [7]
The company was founded as a housewares manufacturer in 1932 by Theodore Baumritter and his brother-in-law Nathan S. Ancell. They bought a bankrupt furniture factory in Beecher Falls, Vermont in 1936 and adopted the name "Ethan Allen" for its early-American furniture introduced in 1939, after the Vermont Revolutionary War leader Ethan Allen.
Carlyle Weinberger founded Ashley Furniture in Chicago in 1945 as a sales operation. Specializing in wooden occasional furniture, Ashley marketed goods made by local companies. Later the company opened a branch in Goshen, Indiana. In 1970, Ashley invested in the Wisconsin-based Arcadia Furniture, founded by Thomas Brosseau. Even though Arcadia ...
The company opened its first store in 1991 in Newington, Connecticut and is ranked 12th in sales among United States furniture stores according to Furniture Today's list of Top 100 Furniture Stores. [4] [5] As of March 2022, the company has 150 stores in 24 US states, primarily in the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, Midwest, and West Coast regions.
The company is the licensed manufacturer of furniture designed by architects and designers such as Harry Bertoia, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Lilly Reich, Florence Knoll, Frank Gehry, Charles Gwathmey, Maya Lin, Marcel Breuer, Eero Saarinen, and Lella and Massimo Vignelli, [3] under the company's KnollStudio division.
In May 2008, the Kohler Company acquired Mark David, an upscale provider of upholstered seating to the hospitality industry. [7] [8] Mark David was founded by brothers Mark and David Norcross in 1990 as a privately held, family-owned company, and became a supplier of case goods and seating to hospitality properties throughout the United States ...
It is the parent company of the retail brands American Signature Furniture and Value City Furniture, and the manufacturer brand American Signature. American Signature Furniture [ 1 ] and Value City Furniture [ 2 ] sell residential furniture manufactured by American Signature, Inc., as well as more than 30 additional manufacturers from 125 ...