frozen custard . this article needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . march 2008 learn how and when to remove this template message leon s furniture ltd. type public traded as tsx lnf industry home furnishing stores founded welland ontario canada 1909 founder ablan leon headquarters toronto ontario canada key people terry leon president ceo dominic scarangella vice president cfo edward leon vice president tfm revenue cad 1.97 billion 2015 1 number of employees 2 864 2 slogan part of the family website www.leons.ca leon s furniture ltd. tsx lnf meubles l on limit in ontario is a canadian furniture retailer which first opened its store in 1909 in welland ontario . the controlling interest in the company is owned by the leon family while some shares are traded publicly on the toronto stock exchange . the company has stores in all provinces of canada . 3 contents 1 history 2 products 3 personnel 4 slogans 5 charities 6 competition 7 references 8 external links history edit leon s originated in the city of welland ontario near the us border in the niagara region . it was founded by ablan leon a lebanese immigrant who started out as a door to door salesman . he was able to open a store with his profits in 1909 . the original store was a dry goods outlet which subsequently converted to furniture sales . leon s original store was staffed primarily by his family . when he died in 1942 he left the company to his children . after expanding the original location they built new stores in southwestern ontario . the company moved into the toronto area in the subsequent decades purchasing several established outlets in the city and then converting them to the leon s name . the company went public in 1969 and opened its first warehouse showroom in 1973 touting it as the only one in canada . today roughly half of the store s more than 50 outlets are owned corporately while the remainder mainly in rural areas or in cities with lower populations are owned by franchisees . there were briefly two stores in arizona in the mid 1990s . 4 on november 11 2012 leon s announced plans to acquire competing furniture chain the brick for 700 million . 3 leon s will take over 8 sears home stores in 2016 . a move that will allow leon s to open its first store in british columbia . 5 products edit leon s markets mid range furniture appliances and electronics ; some items are discount and some stores contain high end showrooms with higher priced items available . a major part of leon s marketing strategy is its financing plans which allow customers to defer payments for various lengths of time the most common of which are 6 and 18 month terms . this financing is offered through visa desjardins . in an effort to attract customers living in condos or smaller dwellings leon s launched their urban living collection in june 2007 comprising smaller sized sofas bedrooms and dining sets . personnel edit leon s staff is separated into numerous departments in many of its corporate locations franchise operating procedures tend to vary . deliveries sales service and front office are all separate departments in most locations . employees receive a number of benefits including profit sharing and other benefits packages for full time staff . slogans edit all the savings you can carry mid late 1970s it s a better way to buy furniture 1992 canada s only furniture superstore 2000 leon s where big is beautiful in so many ways leon s it s all about trust 2004 2016 leon s part of the family 2016 present charities edit this section contains content that is written like an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . september 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message for their 100th anniversary in canada leon s made a contribution to boys & girls clubs of canada of canada a charitable organization that provides programs for health and physical education to children and youth . they also made charitable contributions to local hospitals in each community where the chain operates a store . some other charities that they help support are canadian cancer society south york region unit boys and girls club of canada south lake regional healthcare centre hospital newmarket salvation army enfant jesus hospital . operation enfant soleil st. louise outreach center salvation army brampton simcoe hall settlement house ywca whitby the food bank kitchener burlington country and blues festival with proceeds going to the joseph brant hospital canadian cancer society simcoe community services alzheimer society of niagara region the welland rose festival the boys and girls club of lachine ste. annes veterans the mustard seed calgary cerebral palsy association toronto heritage rail museum santa clause parade sudbury hospice house la soupe communautaire de la paroisse ste rose canadian cancer relay for life sault ste.marie winnipeg harvest good shepherd society in hamilton credit valley hospital 6 competition edit competitors of leon s include jeff ware arrow furniture sleep country canada sears home lastman s bad boy furniture wholesale furniture brokers references edit http www.wikinvest.com stock leon % 27s furniture ltd % 28lnf % 29 data revenue company profile for leons furniture ltd ca ; lnf . retrieved 2008 10 14 . a b leon s buys the brick in 700 million deal there are plenty of dividend options beyond banks the globe and mail march 8 2008 leon s to take over eight sears locations ctv news february 23 2016 http www.leons.monstermediaworks.ca en corporate citizenship external links edit leon s homepage retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title leon % 27s & oldid 738796650 categories companies listed on the toronto stock exchangefurniture retailers of canadacompanies based in torontohidden categories articles needing additional references from march 2008all articles needing additional referencesarticles with a promotional tone from september 2016all articles with a promotional tone 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 11 september 2016 at 03 14 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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