Nebraska Furniture Mart
Nebraska Furniture Mart Nebraska Furniture Mart logo.png Type Subsidiary Industry Retail Founded 1937; 81 years ago Founder Rose Blumkin Headquarters Omaha, Nebraska, U.S. Number of locations 4 Parent Berkshire Hathaway Nebraska Furniture Mart is the largest home furnishing store in North America selling furniture, flooring, appliances and electronics.Nebraska Furniture Mart Hopes To Rev Up Market
Kansas City, MO, Aug. 27--Bruce and Paula Copsey didn't mind driving more than an hour to hunt for a bedroom set for their teenage son, according to the Kansas City Star.
The Copseys, who live...
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Nebraska Furniture Mart Expanding To Kansas City
Kansas City, KS, August 4-- In the midst of the Great Depression, Rose Blumkin, a Russian Jewish immigrant, borrowed $500 from her brother to open a little furniture store in the basement of a buildin...
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AmericasMart Receives Think Big Award
Atlanta, February, 5--AmericasMart has been awarded Nebraska Furniture Mart’s inaugural Think Big Award according to Jeffrey L. Portman, president of AmericasMart parent AMC, Inc.
Commissioned by R...
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The Rug Market - December 2012
By Jessica Chevalier
Regardless of whether it is the best way to buy a rug, online area rug sales are here to stay. Customers may not be able to feel the texture of a rug before they purcha...
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Tony Boldt Named President & COO of Nebraska Furniture Mart
Omaha, NE, December 19, 2016— Ron Blumkin, president and chief operating officer of Nebraska Furniture Mart, will step out of his position as part of the company’s long-term succession pla...
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Focus 100 Retail: The residential market has underperformed this year
By Darius Helm
After encouraging growth last year, retailers and residential contractors had high hopes for 2014, but a winter of historic proportions checked any early momentum, and ...
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Nebraska Furniture Mart's New Store Causing Co
Kansas City, MO, Aug. 18--The arrival of Nebraska Furniture Mart in Kansas City, KS, is a slight cause of concern for some local furniture stores, accoroding to the St. Joseph News Press.
The 712,...
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Hardwood Update: Independent retailers find ways to thrive - Oct 2015
By Calista Sprague
Year after year, hardwood remains at the top of consumer preference surveys, and retailers report that sales continue to climb. However, selling hardwood, despite its pop...
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The Importance of Merchandising: Creating a streamlined approach to showroom merchandising pays dividends, though many stores remain cluttered – Feb 2022
By Jennifer Bardoner
When it comes to merchandising, industry and luxury marketing consultant Chris Ramey has a saying: A confused mind walks. Yet, he says, the majority of the flooring showrooms he...
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Focus 100 Retail: Top retailers and contractors are coming out ahead - Nov 2015
By Darius Helm
As is often the case with markets emerging from recessions, expectations exceed results, and this year is no exception. In 2014, a brutal winter set the tone for the year, le...
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Nebraska Furniture Firm Thriving In Spite Of The M
Omaha, NE, Nov. 20--The economy is still sluggish, your competitor, Nebraska Furniture Mart, is still the nation's biggest furniture store, and it's still owned by a company headed by one of t...
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Focus 100 Retail: Rebounding markets and hard surface gains - Nov 2016
By Darius Helm
This year, the top flooring retailers and residential contractors are making solid gains, in most cases up by high single digits and even double digits, driven by both strength...
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Nebraska Furniture Mart Sponsors 8th Annual Food Drive
Omaha, NE, July 22, 2019--Nebraska Furniture Mart, a National Flooring Alliance member, is sponsoring its 8th annual food drive event in all store locations August 1–29. Proceeds from this year&...
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Dave Snedeker Discusses Nebraska Furniture Mart's Dallas Store Opening
March 25, 2015—Dave Snedeker, Division Merchandise Manager of Flooring for Nebraska Furniture Mart, and Kemp Harr, talk about Nebraska Furniture Mart's new store opening at The Colony, just nort...
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Big Bob’s Adds Furniture
Kansas City, MO, July 1--Some area home furnishing stores have struggled to compete with Nebraska Furniture Mart. But one home furnishings company is expanding to try to take some of Nebraska Furnitur...
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Berkshire's Building Product Sales Rose 15.7% in '22, Retail Sales Up 1.8%
Omaha, NE, February 27, 2023-Berkshire Hathaway reported fiscal year 2022 results over the weekend; the company owns Shaw Industries, Nebraska Furniture Mart and RC Willey.
For the company&rsqu...
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NFA Spring Meeting: NFA members are optimistic about business conditions this year - May 2017
By Kim Gavin
Business thus far is looking good, and WPC and rigid core products are dominating new introductions-those are key themes from the spring meeting of the National Floorcovering Alliance (N...
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Surfaces 2012: The Total Experience - January 2012
By Jessica Chevalier
Surfaces has been the national residential flooring expo since 1996, and over the years the show has had its ups and downs, mirroring the state of the U.S. economy. For...
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Nebraska Furniture Mart Announces New Location
Omaha, Nebraska, November 15, 2011--Nebraska Furniture Mart has announced the location of its fourth store, which will be in The Colony, Texas, a suburb of Dallas.
The company is still finalizing the...
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NFM Cuts Ribbon on New Omaha Flooring Showroom Today
Omaha, NE, October 5, 2022-Nebraska Furniture Mart (NFM) is cutting the ribbon on a reset of its Omaha, Nebraska flooring showroom today.
Nebraska Furniture Mart, owned by Berkshire Hathaway, is a Om...
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Nebraska Furniture Mart, contract dealers and direct sales: Strategic Exchange
By Kemp Harr
Thank goodness the first quarter in the flooring business is historically the weakest, because for a multitude of reasons sales have failed to materialize. But we’ve still got th...
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Warren Buffett Speaking at Nebraska Furniture Mart Benefit
Dallas, TX,
March 9, 2015—Nebraska Furniture Mart will the host the Live Big Benefit, which
aids the Cancer Support Community North Texas, on April 8 at its new store in The
Colony, Texas, an...
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Nebraska Furniture to Expand its Kansas City Locat
Kansas City, MO, July, 28--Nebraska Furniture Mart plans a $28 million expansion at its Kansas City, store that will more than double the size of the company’s warehouse, according to the Kansas City ...
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Laminate Report: Retailers indicate that the category is holding its own - Aug/Sep 18
By Beth Miller It wasn’t that long ago that laminate flooring was the latest fad in the flooring industry. Developed in Europe in the late 1970s, laminate was first introduced here in the U.S. a...
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Dave Chambers Discusses Nebraska Furniture Mart's Business and Its Tariff Strategy
October 2, 2018—Dave Chambers, Director of Flooring with Nebraska Furniture Mart, and Kemp Harr discuss the health of NFM's flooring business and its strategy in light of the recent tariffs on C...
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Dave Chambers Discusses Nebraska Furniture Mart's Labor Day Sale
August 29, 2024—Dave Chambers, the director of flooring for Nebraska Furniture Mart, and Kemp Harr discuss the significance of the Labor Day weekend sale for a true merchant like NFM. Listen to ...
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Dave Snedeker Discusses Nebraska Furniture Mart's Rug Business from the Atlanta Rug Market
July 13, 2017—Dave Snedeker, division merchandise manager with Nebraska Furniture Mart, and Kemp Harr, discuss trends in the rug market while Dave is focused on this topic at the Atlanta Rug Mar...
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Dave Chambers Discusses Nebraska Furniture Mart's Retail Business and Regional Karastan Award
December 23, 2024—David Chambers, Director of Flooring for Nebraska Furniture Mart, and Kemp Harr discuss business conditions and the retailer's honor of being named regional recipient of the Ka...
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Gary Cissell Discusses Nebraska Furniture Mart's Sales Growth at NFA Meeting
October 26, 2011—Gary Cissell, Director of Floors at Nebraska Furniture Mart, and Kemp Harr discuss retail flooring volume at NFM's three midwest stores. Listen to the interview to hear Gary tal...
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Dave Snedeker Discusses the NFA Spring Meeting and Nebraska Furniture Mart's Business
April 12, 2016—(Recorded at the Grove Park Inn, North Carolina) Dave Snedeker, President of the NFA and Division Merchandise Manager for Nebraska Furniture Mart, and Kemp Harr discuss the health...
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