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Simply Amish Opens 8th Licensed Furniture Store
March 7,
2010 by in UnCategorized 
By Home Furnishings Business in Furniture Retailing on March 8, 2010
Case goods provider Simply Amish recently opened a licensed store in Davenport, Iowa.
The company has partnered with John Reisenbigler, Linda Reisenbigler, Arlyn Tegeler and Shirley Tegeler in opening the 14,000-square-foot store. The Reisenbiglers own the Simply Amish store in Rockford, Ill. Both families have been selling the Simply Amish line for more than 20 years.
This economy has hit the furniture business hard, said Kevin Kauffman, co-founder of Simply Amish. But that's when companies like us have an advantage. We continue to do the things that have given us a sought after product for several generationssupplying the best quality of furniture available and providing the best possible service to our customers.
Simply Amish has sold its line to retailers for more than 30 years, the licensed store is the eighth of its kind. Other locations include: Rockford, Ill.; Champaign, Ill.; Indianapolis; Overland Park, Kan.; Albuquerque, N.M.; Courtenay, British Columbia; and Parksville, British Columbia.
At Simply Amish, we make many styles of furniture, but with one standard, Kauffman said. When people hear 'Amish,' they often think of bow-back chairs and round tables made of only oak. They don't think of the contemporary, well-designed, custom products that we makeall by hand in the Amish tradition.
The line is made by Amish craftsmen through a network of more than 50 family farms. Most are small family shops with only four or five artisans, while other shops employ as many as 30 skilled workers.