founder peter harrison david imrie headquarters slough england uk number of locations 44 april 2016 products furniture website furniture village website furniture village is a british furniture retailer . it has 44 stores throughout the united kingdom the first of which was opened in abingdon and an online store . the company is headquartered in slough . 1 this is the largest privately owned furniture chain in the united kingdom . 2 their target market is the upper end of the price range for the moderately rich . 3 their advertising has attempted to establish quality rather than price as the distinguishing point from competitors dfs and courts . 4 contents 1 history 2 awards 3 references 4 external links history edit the company was established in 1989 by peter harrison and david imrie in partnership with cadogan estates . cadogan estates sold its 70 % stake in the chain to its management led by peter harrison in december 2001 . 2 in august 2002 furniture village bought three conroys stores from the administrators to give it a presence in north east england . 5 also in 2002 the company launched an upmarket retail brand the london furniture company 6 but this was unsuccessful and closed in 2005 . 7 awards edit furniture village has won trade magazine cabinet maker s awards for small medium and large retailer of the year . 3 it won the national interiors retailer of the year award for 2007 . 8 furniture village has won the national bed federation nbf award for multiple bed retailer of the year 2014 15 . the award was presented at a gala dinner following the uk s largest bed exhibition the telford bed show where the uk s leading bed retailers and suppliers were in attendance . 9 references edit furniture village limited companies house . retrieved 5 march 2011 . a b cadogan sells furniture village the daily telegraph 8 december 2009 . a b sofa so good furniture village founder peter harrison has underpinned the success of his brand with lucrative property strategies . christine eade sits down for a chat . property week 9 july 2004 . furniture village to emphasise quality . marketing 29 june 2005 . conroys orders to be honoured . cabinet maker 16 august 2002 . furniture village boss quits amid ad review . marketing week 9 october 2003 . upmarket test for furniture village . cabinet maker 11 november 2005 . meeting demands pays off . cabinet maker 26 january 2007 . http www.furniturenews.net news articles 2014 09 568063841 nbf awards champion best bed industry external links edit official site retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title furniture village & oldid 741765796 categories furniture retailers of the united kingdomretail companies established in 1989companies based in sloughretail companies of englandfurniture companies of england1989 establishments in england 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 29 september 2016 at 14 47 . 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