HOM Furniture

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HOM Furniture
Company typePrivately held company
Industry furniture retailer
Founded1973;51 years ago (1973)
Headquarters Coon Rapids, Minnesota, US
Number of locations
17 (2024)
Key people
Rod Johansen, President
Wayne Johansen, Chairman
Number of employees
950
Website www.homfurniture.com

HOM Furniture is a privately owned American furniture retailer with 17 stores in the Midwestern United States. HOM's corporate headquarters are in Coon Rapids, Minnesota, where approximately 300 of its 950 total employees work as of 2024. [1]

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Notable HOM locations include anchor stores in the Oakwood Mall in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, Shingle Creek Crossing in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, the Southern Hills Mall in Sioux City, Iowa, and Miller Trunk Corridor in Duluth, Minnesota.

History

In 1973, HOM founder Wayne Johansen started JC Imports [2] in Minnesota, a wholesale and retail import gift business, before expanding into waterbed sales in 1979 [3] and later establishing the HOM Furniture brand in 1996. [4]

HOM acquired Gabberts Furniture in 2008 [5] and rebranded it as Gabberts Design Studio and Fine Furniture. The brand previously had locations in Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas, [6] and a flagship location in Edina, Minnesota. There are currently two Gabberts locations, one each in Bloomington and Little Canada. [7]

A discount furniture store called DOCK86 was launched by HOM in 2010. [8] The first location opened in Little Canada, [9] later expanding to seven locations in three states. The brand name draws inspiration from the term to "86" something, or quickly get rid of it. DOCK86 is focused on "cutting out middle men, high overhead and high pressure sales" to ensure customer savings. [10]

Community

HOM Furniture partners with the Minnesota Adult and Teen Challenge, [11] the Minnesota Ovarian Cancer Alliance, [12] and KSTP-TV, [13] as well as The Salvation Army and Ronald McDonald House.

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References

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  2. ↑ "Retail Success: HOM Furniture | – Furniture World Magazine". www.furninfo.com. Retrieved 2024-03-04.
  3. ↑ Fox, Joanne (2013-03-31). "Waterbeds no longer a mainstay purchase". Sioux City Journal. Retrieved 2024-03-04.
  4. ↑ "How HOM Became King Of Minnesota Furniture". Twin Cities Business. 2015-08-10. Retrieved 2024-03-04.
  5. ↑ Tribune, Star. "Gabberts being sold to HOM Furniture". Star Tribune. Retrieved 2024-03-04.
  6. ↑ "Gabberts to exit Texas". Furniture Today. 2005-12-05. Retrieved 2024-05-01.
  7. ↑ Tribune, John Ewoldt Star. "Hom Furniture's Little Canada megastore to include new Gabberts". Star Tribune. Retrieved 2024-05-01.
  8. ↑ "HOM Furniture opening off-price store in Little Canada, Minn". Furniture Today. 2009-12-03. Retrieved 2024-03-04.
  9. ↑ Vomhof Jr., John (2009-12-19). "HOM will introduce discount outlet store". www.bizjournals.com. Retrieved 2024-05-01.
  10. ↑ "dock 86". IAN. Retrieved 2024-05-01.
  11. ↑ "Business Partnerships". MNTC. Retrieved 2024-03-04.
  12. ↑ "HOM Teal Strides 2024". HOM Teal Strides 2024. Retrieved 2024-03-04.
  13. ↑ Powell, Brandi (2020-12-09). "Stuff the Sleigh working to 'bring a little hope' to families this holiday season". KSTP.com 5 Eyewitness News. Retrieved 2024-03-04.
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