industry furnishings franchising founded 1997 ; 19 years ago 1997 anchorage alaska u.s. headquarters brandon florida u.s. arcadia wisconsin u.s. key people ronald g. wanek todd r. wanek products upholstered furniture and casegoods revenue 3.3 billion usd number of employees 4 000 website ashleyfurniturehomestore.com ashley homestore is a furniture store chain that sells ashley furniture products . opened in 1997 the chain comprises over 450 homestore locations in north america and 520 locations worldwide . 1 the chain has both corporate and independently owned and operated furniture stores . contents 1 history 2 ashley furniture industries 3 charity 4 references 5 external links history edit the first ashley homestore opened in anchorage alaska in 1997 . since then the company has become the 1 home furniture retailer in north america . 2 they have stores located throughout the united states canada mexico central america and japan . 3 though many ashley homestores are independently owned and operated all of the furniture sold is manufactured by ashley . the 100th homestore store opened in 2003 the 200th in 2005 . it became the fastest growing furniture chain and top selling furniture brand worldwide in 2006 and open its 300th store in 2007 . 4 at the time when jennifer convertibles filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in july 2010 ashley was listed as having a 1.4 million claim against jennifer . when jennifer emerged from bankruptcy in february 2011 they controlled six ashley homestores in the new york city area . 5 in february 2014 ashley homestores opened its 500th homestore in longview texas and has since opened an additional 20 stores across the globe . citation needed in april 2015 ashley furniture homestores made its first incursion in south america by opening its first store in santiago chile . citation needed ashley furniture industries edit the parent company of ashley homestore 6 ashley furniture industries headquartered in arcadia wisconsin is the world s largest home furniture manufacturer . owned by father and son team ron and todd r. wanek the company manufactures and distributes home furnishings throughout the globe . the company employs more than 18 000 . the company is building a 3.8 million square foot manufacturing and distribution complex in north carolina . 7 charity edit ashley homestore has raised over 6 million for st. jude children s research hospital . 8 the company hosts the annual midwest ashley for the arts whose proceeds go towards children s charities school and other different humanitarian initiatives . 9 references edit our story . corporate.ashleyfurniturehomestore.com . 2008 10 22 . retrieved 2014 02 09 . ashley unseats wal mart as no. 1 retailer 2008 08 25 00 00 00 . furniture today . retrieved 2014 02 09 . zimmerman redecorates ashley furniture homestores brand . reuters . 2009 04 27 . retrieved 2014 02 09 . the top 50 retailing giants . home & textiles today . hometextilestoday.com . 2007 07 16 . retrieved 2014 02 09 . engel clint 23 february 2011 . jennifer convertibles emerges from chapter 11 bankruptcy . furniture today . furniture today . retrieved 30 april 2015 . faqs . ashleyfurniture.com . retrieved 2014 02 09 . todd & ronald wanek s successes . forbes . alex morrell . retrieved 2013 09 17 . st.jude dream home . abc 23 . abc 23 . retrieved 29 may 2014 . ashley for the arts . about.com . judy hedding . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title ashley furniture homestores & oldid 739734477 categories franchisesfurniture retailers of the united statescompanies based in wisconsinretail companies established in 1997privately held companies based in wisconsintrempealeau county wisconsinhidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parametersall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from june 2016official website different in wikidata and wikipedia navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 16 september 2016 at 16 41 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view