Darvin Furniture & Mattress

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Darvin Furniture & Mattress
IndustryFurniture and Mattress Retail
Founded1920;104 years ago (1920)
FounderLouis Darvin
Headquarters
Orland Park, Illinois
,
U.S.
Key people
Will Harris - President; Steven Darvin, Marty Darvin
Products Furniture, Mattresses, Rugs
RevenueIncrease2.svg US$ 100 million (2021)
Number of employees
about 300 [1]
Website www.darvin.com

Darvin Furniture & Mattress is an American furniture and mattress retailer based in Orland Park, Illinois. Three generations of the Darvin family have owned and operated Chicago metro area's furniture and mattress store. [2] [3] The company was founded by Louis Darvin in 1920 and succeeded by son David Darvin, then by grandsons Steve and Marty Darvin. Under the leadership of Darvin Furniture & Mattress President Will Harris, the retailer is ranked 71st in the Top-100 list of Furniture Retailers in the U.S. [4]

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History

In 1920 Louis Darvin began selling furniture door-to-door in Chicago. [1] In 1939, Louis and son, David, opened the first Darvin Furniture store in the West Pullman neighborhood of Chicago with 5,000 square feet (465 m2) and moved to a 25,000-square-foot (2,323 m2) location in Pullman in 1948 before settling into a 50,000-square-foot (4,645 m2) showroom in Chicago's Southside. [5] In the 1970s, David's sons, Steve and Marty, joined the family business, and in 1980 a new facility was built in Orland Park, 25 miles south of downtown Chicago. Five expansions to the facility have been made since 1980. In 2000, Darvin opened its 218,000-square-foot distribution center in Mokena, Illinois, [6] In 2010, a 10,000-square-foot Mattress Gallery was added to the store. [7] An additional 35,000-square-foot Clearance & Outlet Center was added to the second floor of its showroom in 2015. [8] Darvin launched its digital e-commerce platform in 2017, allowing users to purchase merchandise online from home or on the go. [9]

In 2020, Steve and Marty Darvin transitioned the company to employee ownership via an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP). This plan led to a transition of the management structure that brought Will Harris to run as the company's president. He is the first person outside the family to become the leader of Darvin Furniture. [10] As of 2020, when the company went outside of the family for new leadership in Will Harris, the company was the largest furniture and mattress store in the Chicago area. [11]

Community

Darvin Furniture & Mattress is active in the Chicago giving community, participating with regional charities and helping with local non-profit needs. The company has participated in local fundraising, furniture donation, [12] crisis center support, [13] and support for autistic people. [14] [15]

Awards and recognition

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