Nebraska Furniture Mart

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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, 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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From Surfaces 2006 - Gary Cissell, Nebraska Furniture Mart

February 8, 2006—From Surfaces 2006 -- Gary Cissell, Nebraska Furniture Mart discusses the show Surfaces, its importance to him and his people, how he shops the show and how he views it without ...
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Blumkin Transitions to Chairman of NFM; Boldt Named CEO

Omaha, NE, April 14, 2021- In the next step of a long-term succession plan Irv Blumkin, CEO of Nebraska Furniture Mart (NFM), is transitioning to a new role as chairman of the company founded by his g...
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David Chambers Discusses Nebraska Furniture Mart's Strategy Post Stainmaster

October 6, 2022—David Chambers, Director of Flooring with Nebraska Furniture Mart, and Kemp Harr discuss the NFM’s carpet strategy after losing the Stainmaster brand, as well as his strate...
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Strategic Exchange: Now is a good time to proactively retool your messages - November 2022

By Kemp Harr How you react to the uncertainty of the economy in the coming year will have a bearing on how you are impacted. Putting decisions on hold and just riding the wave might not be the best ...
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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 Named EVP of Bob's Carpet & Flooring

Tampa Bay, FL, August 28, 2018-Dave Snedeker, former division merchandise manager of flooring at Nebraska Furniture Mart, has been named executive vice president of Bob’s Carpet & Flooring o...
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Martha Visits New Nebraska Furniture Mart Store

Kansas City, KS, Oct. 14--Martha Stewart talked briefly to the media about her legal troubles and her fans at a furniture store Friday. Stewart was in town to show off her furniture line at the Ne...
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