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Furniture First Names New Board Members
May 16,
2011 by in UnCategorized 
By Home Furnishings Business in Executive Changes on May 17, 2011
Furniture First Buying Group recently held elections for positions on its board of directors to replace several outgoing members.
Chris Ehgoetz of
Michael Alan Furnishings in Lake Havasu City, Ariz., was elected as the newest member of the board. Larry Smith of
Smith Home Furnishings in Ponca City, Okla., is the new chairman, replacing Jeff Winter,
Discovery Furniture, Topeka, Kan. Winter will continue to serve as a board member.
Other officers elected include Mike Kordik,
Mikes Furniture, Joliet, Ill., as vice chairman; Russell Blocker,
Blockers Furniture, Ocala, Fla., as secretary; and Beth Barnes,
FurnitureLand, Delmar, Del., as treasurer.
Furniture First congratulated outgoing board member Ron Hatch,
Hatch Furniture, Yankton, S.D., and thanked him for his service on the board for the past 10 years.
Furniture First introduced their new specialty mattress collection for the Mattress 1st line at the High Point Market. This collection, the Mattress 1st Superior Living line, was a hit with its eight memory foam and latex models. The Mattress 1st product line is manufactured by
Serta.
Following the tremendous success of the innerspring line of Mattress 1st products, Jonathan Gaspari, director of mattresses, anticipates the positive results to continue.
Superior Living was just introduced at the April High Point Market, and the placements of the new line have already been phenomenal," Gaspari said. "The success of the innerspring line has been off the charts, and were expecting even greater growth with the new Mattress 1st Superior Living Collection.
Furniture First is a 17-year-old national buying group serving the retail home furnishings and mattress industry. The group has 174 company members representing 366 store fronts and $1.3 billion in retail sales.