West Elm, owned by Williams-Sonoma (#5) What are the biggest furniture stores you can think of off the top of your head? IKEA, Pottery Barn, Crate and Barrel? Those were the ones that immediately came to my mind, so I was really surprised when I opened Furniture Today's 2011 Retail Planning Guide and found a list that included some humongous stores I'd never heard of.Having lived in big northern cities for my whole life, these places have stayed outside my radar until now. Another interesting thing this list proves is that while modern style might reign on Apartment Therapy, traditionalism is still the choice of most Americans. What's more, layaway plans and whole-room sets — as cheesy as they seem — must really work. Stores like Ashley, La-Z-Boy, Rooms to Go, and Bob's Discount Furniture dominated the top 25, listed and linked here: For the full list of 100 stores, with quantitative criteria and sales figures per store, order a copy of Furniture Today or download the PDF for $110.
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QUEEN, TWIN, TWIN XL Sleep Safe® Twin Box Spring Protector CAL KING, TWIN, KING, QUEEN, FULL Marriott Hotel Robes are the ultimate in contemporary comfort. Our bath robes are ideal for wicking away moisture after a shower and perfect for cuddling up with a book on a cold night. They are so cozy, you will want to snuggle into one yourself, keep one in a guest room and give one as an unforgettable gift for your favorite host. When John Harris Heal opened his first store back in 1810, he could not have anticipated the centuries-long journey in design and retail Heal’s was to undertake. Skip forward over 200 years, and the small mattress manufacturer tucked away on a London side street has grown to become a leader in the world of designer furniture, lighting and homewares with specialist stores based nationwide.Bob Naboicheck, President of Gold Bond, tells customers and employees alike that they are all part of a special family tradition. "Quality and superior service," he says.
"It has been and will be our tradition." It is a practice that started in 1899 when Gold Bond founder Isadore Naboicheck began blending his own cotton and making mattresses in a four-story brick building near the Connecticut River in Hartford, Connecticut. Isadore set out to build the region's most comfortable mattresses--a novel idea in times when mattresses were mostly regarded as "lumpy". There were no national mattress brands back then. But Hartford was the richest city in the nation, peopled by the likes of Mark Twain and gun maker Samuel Colt, and host to insurance companies like Aetna and The Travelers. Opportunities abounded, and Isadore capitalized on them. By the end of World War II, Gold Bond was delivering mattresses throughout the eastern United States to private homes, leading universities and posh hotels. In time, with Gold Bond firmly established as the country's largest independent mattress maker, son Aaron "Butch" Naboicheck succeeded his father Isadore. Steel innersprings were gaining prominence and national television advertising promoted "brand name" mattresses.
But Gold Bond's commitment to pure cotton and hand-made features never wavered. "It would be easy to take some of the quality out of our mattresses," Butch said in the mid 1950's, "but why remove what makes our mattresses great? We're sticking to what my father started. Our customers expect it." The company continued its growth, and that's when Butch's son Bob became the third generation of Naboichecks to step onto the factory floor. Together, father and son brought Gold Bond quality to something brand new--the modern futon. Originally a thin Japanese mat, Butch and Bob saw that futons in the bedroom, den, office, living room or guest room could be more comfortable and less expensive than rollouts or sofa sleepers. So they made that thin Japanese mat more plush and comfortable. Beginning in the 1980s, futon sofa sleepers took hold, and today they show no signs of slowing down. Today, Bob--along with his son Skip--has ensured that quality and superior service will be as integral a part of Gold Bond's future as it was part of the company's past.