Furniture Market Warehouse, More Than Just a Furniture Store

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FURNITURE MARKET WAREHOUSE More Than Just a Furniture Store

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Furniture Market Warehouse in Asheboro has expanded over the past year with a store in Raleigh, which opened February of 2018, and last month they opened a third store on South Holden Road in Greensboro. Store founder, Curt O’Briant says they have plans for a fourth store to be located in Sanford this summer and they are launching an e-commerce website FurnitureMarket. com this fall. “We look forward to moving into Sanford this summer and expanding our customer’s furniture shopping experience with the FurnitureMarket.com website this fall,” O’Briant said.

Furniture Market Warehouse is more than a furniture store. It’s an adventure. People from all walks of life come into this business seeking quality furniture at deep discounts. It’s easy to find furniture that meets your style to incorporate into your space and make it feel more like home. If you are selling a home, it’s the perfect

place to find quality furniture to “stage” an empty home and help people visual the space with furniture, without breaking the bank.

They carry all styles from traditional to elegant to farmhouse; you name it, they’ve got it. Furniture Market Warehouse

offers unique styles to add a twist to your home and set it apart from the rest. The inventory is constantly changing, which brings customers back to see what new finds are in week after week.

“We enjoy finding unique items for our customers and offering values they can’t

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find with any other furniture store. It’s important to us that we provide quality furniture at deep discounts. That’s our goal each day, while our purchasing team is out gathering new items for the store, we make sure that the offerings are a fantastic value, or we simply don’t offer it. Our customers appreciate that from us, that’s what drives us,” says O’Briant.

Curt began his story in furniture when he was 27 years old. He started working at his stepfather’s furniture factory, Michael Thomas Furniture, in Liberty, North Carolina. He worked his way through each department, learning about fabrics and patterns, framing, and 8-way hand tied spring systems.

“I fed off his artisans’ love for furniture and his business acumen.” Curt says about his stepfather, Tom Jordan. “From there, I was active in the marketing world and along the way, built websites for various furniture companies.”

This love of furniture and keen marketing ability encouraged Curt to start a retail company that strived to help customers find high quality furniture at affordable prices. Through his family connections, he is able to work with an exclusive buying group, as well as local and regional furniture lines such as Serta, American Woodcrafters, and Black Dog Salvage. Thus, Furniture Market Warehouse was born.

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Business partners Christian O’Briant and Mary Davis echoed this sentiment. “When I’m purchasing new items for the store I try and do it through the eyes of our customers. I look for the trends of today and tomorrow, and always take in consideration what the value is. If I feel they could purchase a similar item elsewhere for less, I don’t procure it. I’m always seeking a balance between great quality and price, but never price over quality. If the quality is not there it’s not a

value at any selling price.” Davis says.

“I love it when a new customer, someone who has never shopped with us comes in for the first time. They typically love the look of the furniture and when they see the price tag the response is almost always the same...’really, no way, how can you guys sell it that low? I love seeing that reaction, it tells me we are doing our jobs right.” Christian O’Briant says.

Furniture Market Warehouse has grown to 29 Employees over the past 3

years and has plans to hire 15 more in 2019 to cover sales in the current stores, as well as staff up the new stores and the e-commerce division.

Stop in today and say hi to store managers Kim Allgood (Greensboro), Samantha Sparks (Asheboro) or Beth Perry (Raleigh). They love helping customers find new items for their homes and look forward to working with you and your clients to furniture their new home or stage a home for sale.

Furniture Market Warehouse has quality merchandise at deeply discounted prices. Shop in any of their locations to get amazing deals on beautiful new furniture to spruce up your home, or to stage a home with quality furniture. Their friendly professional sales associates will help find the perfect set for you or your clients!

Furniture Market Warehouse is open seven days a week and offers a wide selection of furniture for every room in your home. Shop them in Greensboro at 3740 S Holden Road, Raleigh at 3943 New Bern Avenue, or in Asheboro at 414 E Dixie Drive.

“I love it when a new customer, someone who has never shopped with us comes in for the first time. They typically love the look of the furniture and when they see the price tag the response is almost always the same...’really, no way, how can you guys sell it that low?”

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