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Lena Larsson helped to create one of the earliest Swedish brands of ready to assemble furniture, the TRIVA line, for Nordiska Kompaniet in 1943. [7] In 1953, the Ohio cabinetmaker Erie J. Sauder received the first U.S. patent for RTA furniture for a table that could be assembled without either hardware or glue; he called it "snap-together ...
Habitat (a trading name of Argos Limited) is a brand of household furnishings in the United Kingdom and the main homewares brand within the Sainsbury's group.. Founded in 1964 by Sir Terence Conran, it merged with a number of other retailers in the 1980s to create Storehouse plc, before the latter sold Habitat to the Ikano Group, owned by the Kamprad family, in 1992.
This is a list of furniture types. Furniture can be free-standing or built-in to a building. [1] They typically include pieces such as chairs, tables, storage units, and desks. [1] These objects are usually kept in a house or other building to make it suitable or comfortable for living or working in.
Argos was launched with thousands of staff, taking £1 million during a week in November. [10] Argos was purchased by BAT Industries in 1979 for £32 million. In 1980, Argos opened its Elizabeth Duke jewellery counter (named after a director's wife) and by 1982, was the United Kingdom's fourth-biggest jewellery retailer.
I have removed Main brands in the U.S. as it is a potential spam magnet and it is U.S.-centric (POV), perhaps some one in the future may want to recreate a similar type of list that is not just U.S.-focused. --blue 520 13:47, 2 July 2006 (UTC)Although ready-to-assemble furniture is less expensive to produce, to sell, and to purchase, some criticize the furniture for being of lower quality.
We get to take a little bit of a break and get ready for the College Football Playoff,” Smart said. “This team needs some rest.” Georgia fans cheered Smart’s acerbic jab at the SEC’s ...
British Home Stores was founded in 1928 by a group of U.S. entrepreneurs [4] who wanted to follow the successful model set by Woolworths.They did not want go into direct competition with Woolworths, so set their highest price at a shilling.
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