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& flanigan is an american furniture retail chain based in the northeastern united states . contents 1 overview 2 history 3 product lines and manufacturers 4 industry awards 5 references overview edit raymour s furniture company the predecessor of raymour & flanigan furniture was established by brothers bernard goldberg and arnold goldberg in 1946 . 1 raymour & flanigan furniture is one of the largest furniture retailers in the united states as of 2010 . 1 the company has 110 stores and showrooms in new york new jersey pennsylvania delaware connecticut massachusetts and rhode island as of 2015 . 1 history edit bernard goldberg and his younger brother arnold goldberg co founded the first raymour furniture store the predecessor of raymour & flanigan in late 1946 in downtown syracuse new york . 1 the goldberg brothers did not name their new store goldberg because another store in the city owned by their relatives already used their given name . 1 instead the brothers named their furniture store after an antiques shop on long island which was owned by another brother . 1 decades later bernard and arnold goldberg opened a second raymour furniture store in clay new york in 1972 . 1 the same year bernard goldberg s son neil joined the family owned company . by 1990 the raymour furniture store had expanded to seven locations . 1 the raymour company acquired its competitor flanigan s furniture which operated fourteen stores in the buffalo and rochester areas in 1990 . 1 the acquisition gave raymour & flanigan its present name and expanded its presence in western new york . raymour & flanigan expanded rapidly in the 1990s and 2000s decade becoming one of the largest furniture retailers in the united states . 1 the company reported sales of over 1 billion in 2011 from 95 stores . 1 by 2010 raymour & flanigan had 95 locations throughout the northeast united states including locations in pennsylvania new jersey connecticut rhode island delaware new york and massachusetts . 1 raymour & flanigan furniture purchased alpert s furniture in 2007 thus expanding its market to rhode island . in december 2007 raymour & flanigan furniture acquired 18 levitz furniture store locations in the new york metro market . founder bernard goldberg remained the chairman of raymour & flanigan until his death in 2010 though deteriorating health caused his withdrawal from the day to day business of the company during his later years . 1 raymour & flanigan is currently headed by two of goldberg s sons president and ceo neil goldberg and executive vice president steve goldberg as well as his nephew executive vice president michael goldberg as of 2010 . 1 product lines and manufacturers edit raymour & flanigan furniture sells living room furniture bedroom furniture mattresses kid s furniture dining room sets home entertainment furniture home office furniture and decorative accent pieces . the company s product line includes lane southern motion best thomasville broyhill riverside clayton marcus cindy crawford home collection h. m. richards kincaid la z boy legacy natuzzi sealy stanley stearns & foster serta simmons aireloom tempur pedic jonathan lewis bernhardt bellanest moe s home collection universal and vaughan bassett . industry awards edit in april 2001 raymour & flanigan furniture was named retailer of the year by the national home furnishings association . in 2004 raymour & flanigan furniture received the retailer of the year award from furniture today . in 2007 raymour & flanigan furniture was named newsmaker of the year by home furnishings business . references edit a b c d e f g h i j k l m n engel clint 2010 09 01 . raymour & flanigan co founder bernard goldberg dies had remained chairman of top 100 furniture retailer . furniture today . retrieved 2010 09 05 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title raymour % 26 flanigan & oldid 739999871 categories retail companies established in 1946furniture retailers of the united statesretail 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