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Arhaus was founded in 1986 by John Reed and his father, Jack Reed, as a furniture store in The Flats of Cleveland, Ohio. The company name is a portmanteau of the Danish city " Aarhus ," and the German word for "house."
Lambeth Furniture began in 1901 and was sold to Knox Furniture in 1928 and Thomasville Chair in 1932. [1] B.F. Huntley Furniture began in 1906 on Patterson Avenue in Winston-Salem, North Carolina and grew into the largest bedroom and dining room furniture manufacturer in the country. Its Winston-Salem plant burned in 1956, though a two-story ...
Clothing store entrepreneur E.L. Schottenstein adapted his successful apparel store to sell furniture in the early 1900s after the post-World War II baby boom accelerated demand for furniture. Recognizing the expanding opportunity, Schottenstein created a separate business dedicated to furniture sales, later renaming it Value City Furniture.
Value City Department Stores was an American department store chain with 113 locations. It was founded in 1917 by Ephraim Schottenstein, a travelling salesman in central Ohio. The store was an off-price retailer that sold clothing, jewelry, and home goods below the manufacturer suggested retail price. The chain focused on buyout and closeout ...
The Ford & Johnson Company was a chair manufacturing company founded by John Sherlock Ford and Henry W. Johnson in Columbus, Ohio in 1867. [1] In 1868 the company relocated their factory to Michigan City, Indiana. [2] In 1872 the company moved their headquarters to Chicago where they opened a showroom at 302 Wabash Avenue.
Room & Board store in Chelsea, New York City Room & Board is an American modern furniture and home furnishings retailer based in Minneapolis, Minnesota . The company was founded by John Gabbert as a subsidiary of his parents' furniture store company, Gabberts, of which he served as president.
John Francis "Jack" Smith Jr. (born April 6, 1938) is an American businessman and executive who formerly served as COO in 1992, CEO from 1992 to 2000 and then chairman of the board of directors of General Motors from 1996 to 2003. He later served as non-executive chairman of the board of directors of Delta Air Lines from 2004 to 2007.
Helen and John Smith, co-founders of H & J Smith. 1900 - H & J Smith was established by brother and sister John Smith and Helen Hay Smith in 1900 as a drapery store in Invercargill. The original H & J Smith store was located at 125 Dee Street in Invercargill, this store was expanded in size in 1905. [7]