Peoria Ashley Furniture Homestore is "Viewers' Choice"

June 6, 2011  by in UnCategorized   

By Home Furnishings Business in Furniture Retailing on June 7, 2011

Ashley Furniture Homestore in Peoria, Ill., has won "Viewers' Choice" award as a favorite furniture store in Central Illinois.

Granite Broadcasting, a television station group for the Peoria-Bloomington market, ran an extensive promotional campaign on all five of its stations in January inviting viewers to visit CentralIllinoisNewsCenter.com to nominate their favorite businesses in a variety of business categories. Viewers were encouraged to name those local establishments that have provided great service, competitive pricing and an all around excellent customer experience. Hundreds of nominations were received from throughout the 10 county region stretching across central Illinois.

In February, the nominees were posted and the voting phase began. After thousands of votes were received, and the voting phase concluded at the end of February, the top three vote getters have been recognized in each category as the Viewers' Choice winners. 

Mike Bruegge opened the Peoria Ashley store in November of 2010. Ashley Furniture HomeStore of Champaign has been locally owned and operated by the Bruegge family since 2006. In November of 2010 the Bruegges took their HomeStores to Peoria, and they opened their second store in the Northpoint Shopping Center. The Bruegges operate one of the oldest family-run furniture companies in Central Illinois, serving the community since 1872.