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How Sweet It Is
5/1/08 - Home Furnishings Business
The Old Cannery Furniture Warehouse in Sumner, Wash., is, without a doubt, the sweetest-smelling furniture store in the world. The wonderful aroma comes courtesy of the Fudge Factory that occupies a prominent...
La Diff Makes it DIFFERENT
2/1/08 - Home Furnishings Business
Ten years ago, La Differénce seemed too, well, different, for Richmond, Va. The former capital of the Confederacy didn’t appear to be the kind of place that would welcome a store as quirky and modern as...
Living Locally at Circle
8/1/07 - Home Furnishings Business
Circle Furniture is local people, selling local furniture: five stores, two outlets and a warehouse. The Tubman family, which has been running the business since Isadore Tubman started selling to Harvard...
License to Sell
3/8/07 - Home Furnishings Business
Picture the licensee. Picture his stores, all built to match the corporate template. See his products, chosen with the help of the company’s merchandising guide. Look at his advertising campaigns, just...
MOTIF-ated for Success
3/1/07 - Home Furnishings Business
Steve Lora and John Perez opened MOTIF Modern Living just over a year ago, and though they’re not willing to disclose hard numbers, they’re also not too shy to brag that they’re raking it in. “It makes...
Heeeeeeeere’s Johnny
1/3/07 - Home Furnishings Business
It’s a long way from the chicken house. Johnny Janosik Inc. opened what it bills as one of the largest furniture stores on the East Coast in October and welcomed so large a crowd to Laurel, Del., that...
Five Rivers Keeps Green Flowing
5/15/06 - Home Furnishings Business
John Billington sells green—furniture made of sustainable woods and clothing made of organic cotton. But the chief executive officer of Five Rivers Inc., a 12,000-foot Boise store that grossed more than...
Cozying up the Backyard
5/15/06 - Home Furnishings Business
Dino Luckino grew up in his father’s furniture store, employs his brother and his son and made his best friend the chief operating officer of Georgia Backyard, his rapidly expanding chain of outdoor furniture...