La-Z-Boy Recognizes Top Performing La-Z-Boy Furniture Galleries®

Furniture World Magazine

La-Z-Boy Residential, the nation’s leading manufacturer of upholstered furniture, recently recognized the ten top-performing La-Z-Boy Furniture Galleries® throughout North America. The awards were presented Saturday, April 20 in Greensboro, N.C., during the International Home Furnishings Market at a dinner hosted by La-Z-Boy. The top-performing small market La-Z-Boy Furniture Galleries in North America were also recognized. The top-performing large market honorees included the following stores: • La-Z-Boy Furniture Galleries in Glendale (Bell Rd.) and Phoenix, Ariz., both operated by Ed Breunig and Ron Hernandez • La-Z-Boy Furniture Galleries in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, operated by Cam Davidson • La-Z-Boy Furniture Galleries in Sterling Heights, Mich., operated by Paul Opfermann • La-Z-Boy Furniture Galleries in Fairfax, Va., and Rockville, Md., both operated by Roy Couch • La-Z-Boy Furniture Galleries in Las Vegas (Rainbow Blvd.), Nev., operated by Steve Hueftle • La-Z-Boy Furniture Galleries in Roseville, Calif., operated by Jim and Liz Reego • La-Z-Boy Furniture Galleries in Westminster and Centennial (Englewood), Colo., both operated by Art and Gary Mauldin The top-performing small market honorees included the following stores: • La-Z-Boy Furniture Galleries in Bloomington and Springfield, Ill., operated by Sande Hilst • La-Z-Boy Furniture Galleries in Naples, Fla., operated by Warren Jalving "The La-Z-Boy Furniture Galleries stores are crucial to our overall success. We truly value the partnerships we’ve formed and the business we’ve been able to generate through these retail relationships," said Ken Salm, vice president of sales for La-Z-Boy. "These awards are our way of saying thank you to some of the people that support the dedication to comfort, quality and style that customers expect from La-Z-Boy." These La-Z-Boy Furniture Galleries were honored as the highest performing stores in the La-Z-Boy Furniture Galleries network, which currently includes more than 290 stores in the United States, Canada and Europe. La-Z-Boy Furniture Galleries are made up of multiple areas, each representing its own category of La-Z-Boy furniture. Each store features fully accessorized room vignettes in four major galleries, including: a Living Room Gallery, with stationary sofas, loveseats and chairs in every style category from traditional to contemporary; a Family Room Gallery, showcasing motion sofas and loveseats, sofa beds and reclining chairs; a Leather Gallery, presenting an impressive array of leather finishes, textures, styles and colors available from La-Z-Boy; and a Recliner Gallery that displays the full range of world famous La-Z-Boy reclining chairs. Each La-Z-Boy Furniture Galleries also features a complete design center, including the La-Z-Boy Screen Test® video catalog system that allows customers the opportunity to view any La-Z-Boy product in their choice of fabrics before they buy. Headquartered in Monroe, Mich., La-Z-Boy Residential is the nation’s largest single manufacturer of upholstered furniture and the world’s leading producer of reclining chairs. The company manufactures a full line of products for the living room and family room, including the company’s world-famous recliners, reclining sofas and love seats, sleep sofas, modular furniture and leather upholstery, as well as stationary sofas, love seats and chairs. It is a division of La-Z-Boy Incorporated (NYSE, PCX: LZB), the nation’s largest furniture manufacturer.