p.c. richard & son inc. the company you trust for 107 years . type private industry retailing founded september 26 1909 ; 107 years ago 1909 09 26 headquarters farmingdale new york u.s. number of locations 66 november 2011 key people gregg richard president and ceo revenue us 1.29 billion 2007 net income us unknown number of employees 2 700 2007 website www.pcrichard.com p.c. richard & son commonly known as simply p.c. richard is the largest chain of private family owned appliance television electronics and mattress stores in the united states . 1 its stores are located in new york new jersey connecticut and pennsylvania with the majority of the stores located on long island and in the new york city boroughs of queens and brooklyn . the company is also known for its trademark whistle jingle created by soundsmith worker leer leary . contents 1 history 2 growth and expansion 2.1 official sponsors 3 references 4 external links history edit pieter christian richard left holland in 1899 in pursuit of the american dream . in 1909 he opened a small hardware store in bensonhurst brooklyn work well done 14 . in october of that same year p.c. s son a.j. was born . born into the business less than a month after it opened a.j. played an important role from the beginning . he spent his childhood helping out at the store only leaving it to go to school . when he completed ninth grade in 1923 a.j. decided to drop out of school and focus entirely on helping his family and building the business work well done 25 . a.j. was responsible for introducing the first electric appliance to the inventory the electric clothes iron as well as time payments so his customers could afford them work well done 32 . on february 1 1947 a.j. officially took over as the company president and majority shareholder . it was around this time that he began to introduce his sons peter and gary to the family business work well done 58 . soon the company grew into a chain as it expanded into long island . a.j. promoted himself to chairman of the board in 1974 and he held that position until his death well into his nineties . peter and gary were originally named co presidents but this arrangement changed in 1982 when gary became president and peter became executive vice president . soon gary s son gregg began to work his way into the fabric of the company in the same way his father and grandfather had until he became president in 2004 . a.j. died weeks later at ninety five years old . growth and expansion edit p.c. richard and son expanded into new jersey in 1993 work well done 111 . between 1995 and 2003 it opened fifteen new showrooms in new jersey westchester county manhattan brooklyn queens and long island work well done 127 . in 2009 p.c. richard and son opened 6 new stores in former circuit city locations including its first in connecticut . it continued to expand in connecticut in 2010 opening stores in milford north haven danbury newington manchester and enfield . 2 the first pennsylvania superstore opened in philadelphia in june of that year . the company added mattresses to its inventory in 2014 featuring sealy stearns & foster and tempur pedic brands in fourteen stores . in 2016 p.c. richard and son began an exclusive retail partnership with beko one of europe s leading appliance brands . this is beko s first appearance in the united states market . official sponsors edit official appliance electronics and mattress retailer of the new york yankees the long island ducks ny the somerset patriots nj sun national bank center nj uconn athletics ct barclays center ny the new york islanders ny the brooklyn nets ny nassau coliseum ny webster bank arena nj splish splash water park ny raceway park nj iheartradio theater ny references edit beating the odds how pc richard & son the largest privately held appliance and electronics retailer in the country continues to thrive through 100 years and four generations . growing your business . pricewaterhousecoopers llp . 2010 . archived from the original pdf on may 1 2014 . p.c. richard & son new stores p.c. richard & son website as of august 23 2010 our history . our history . n.p. n.d. web . 23 may 2016 . http www.pcrichard.com our company history . smith jim h. work well done . old lyme greenwich group 2009 . print . webcite query result . webcite query result . n.p. n.d. web . 23 may 2016 . http www.webcitation.org 6pg1fb5sd . family matters in p.c. richards growth . tribunedigital thecourant . n.p. 2010 . web . 23 may 2016 . http articles.courant.com 2010 08 24 business hc haar pc richard column 20100823 1 manchester store milton rosenberg circuit city . p.c. richard adds mattress departments . twice . n.p. 2014 . web . 31 may 2016 . http www.twice.com news retail pc richard adds mattress departments 47258 . external links edit p.c. richard & son live wire a man s faith in newfangled appliances fuels an electronics empire entrepreneur may 1996 p.c. richard & son is first us retailer to carry beko 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