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The parent company of Ashley, [10] Ashley Furniture Industries, headquartered in Arcadia, Wisconsin, is the world's largest home furniture manufacturer.Owned by father and son team, Ron and Todd R. Wanek, the company manufactures and distributes home furnishings throughout the globe.
The company was founded in Lebanon, Pennsylvania, in 1910 by Richard Levitz. [1]In the 1960s, Levitz, expanded by Richard's sons Leon and Ralph, successfully pioneered the sales of moderately priced brand-name furniture from a warehouse-style store. [2]
Nebraska Furniture Mart was founded in 1937 by Rose Blumkin in Omaha, Nebraska.Blumkin borrowed the initial $500 investment from her brother [1] while her husband Isadore continued to run their second hand clothing store. [2]
Nebraska has 93 counties.They are listed below by name, FIPS code and license plate prefix. Nebraska's postal abbreviation is NE and its FIPS state code is 31.. When many counties were formed, the bills establishing them did not state the honoree's full name; thus the namesakes of several counties, including Brown, Deuel, Dixon, and possibly Harlan, are known only by their surnames.
Dwight Douglas Furnas (December 11, 1959 – February 2012) [4] [5] was an American professional wrestler and powerlifter.He was an APF National and World Powerlifting Champion, who set multiple world records in the 275 pounds (125 kg) weight class.
Value City Department Stores was an American department store chain with 113 locations. It was founded in 1917 by Ephraim Schottenstein, a travelling salesman in central Ohio.
Furness was born in Annandale, a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, and raised in Melbourne, Victoria. [3] At the age of 18, Furness attended secretarial school to learn shorthand and typing after her mother advised her to have a back-up career if her acting ambitions didn't eventuate to anything. [4]
Ovation was a highly promoted office suite. After demonstrations that were well received, it was later revealed that the product never existed. It is "widely considered the mother of all vaporware", according to Laurie Flynn of The New York Times.