Sofa Mart, Furniture Row Aid Children Of Mexico

August 26, 2007  by in UnCategorized   

By Home Furnishings Business in Furniture Retailing on August 2007 Denver-based Furniture Row announced that its Sofa Mart and Furniture Row Outlet brands have teamed up to raise money for an organization that provides help to some of the estimated 2 million street children in Mexico City.

As part of the event called “Hope is Always in Style,” the companies will allocate $20 from every sofa sold through Sept. 12 to World Vision, a Christian relief and development organization dedicated to helping children around the globe. The campaign, which was developed in 2000, helps street children in Mexico become more self-sufficient and move into more stable environments through World Vision’s “Ninos de las Calle” program.

Furniture Row, which operates more than 330 stores in 31 states, also announced last week that it will open a shopping center with four of its nameplates this fall in Sherman, Texas. The company said that the 53,500-square-foot complex will be completed this fall. It will contain the company’s Oak Express, Bedroom Expressions, Sofa Mart and Denver Mattress Company brands.

Earlier this year, Furniture Row officials announced that the company has doubled the speed of its store expansion program. In March, the company, which had been opening up to 10 Furniture Row shopping centers each year, said it would build 20 store complexes this year.