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Art Van Furniture Inc. is an American furniture retail store chain. The company operates 39 stores throughout Michigan, eight stores in the Chicago area, one store in Toledo, Ohio, one store in Fort Wayne, Indiana, a full service e-commerce website, plus several freestanding Art Van PureSleep bedding stores in Michigan, Ohio and Indiana. The company also has eleven franchised stores in the Midwest. When added together, the company has more than 100 brick and mortar locations. Founded in 1959, the company is family-owned and headquartered in Warren, Michigan in Metro Detroit,.〔"(Contact Us )." Art Van. Retrieved on November 7, 2013. "Art Van Furniture 6500 14 Mile Road Warren, MI 48092"〕 ==Company History== Art Van Elslander’s furniture business began 4,000 square-foot space in Gratiot Avenue and 10 Mile Road in what was then called East Detroit (now Eastpointe). Art Vans Furniture (later changed to Art Van Furniture) opened with mostly modern and Danish-style furniture. By 1963, Van Elslander owned seven stores and had taken on some partners, including his brother, Bob Van Elslander, Don Fox and Bob McEachin. Van Elslander expanded the chain in the 1970s, and purchased headquarters in Warren, Michigan. The company introduced a credit card in 1980. In 1985, Art Van introduced Clearance Centers attached to many of the stores offering overstocked merchandise at 40 to 70 percent off retail which allowed the company to expand its market penetration. In 2009, the company’s half-centennial, Art Van Furniture was named “Furniture Retailer of the Year” by Furniture Today magazine. Today, Art Van Furniture operates 37 stores in Michigan and now has 8 stores in the Chicago area. In addition, the company operates an additional store in Toledo, Ohio, and another in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Art Van also has over 40 freestanding Art Van PureSleep mattress stores in Michigan, Ohio and Indiana. Offerings inside some Art Van stores include Paul's TV and Art Van Flooring. Art Van Furniture also operates three Scott Shuptrine interior design studios in the state of Michigan. The company has more than 3,000 associates and 400 service and delivery vehicles. In 2010, Art Van acquired Brewbaker's Furniture, which had locations in Petoskey and Onaway.〔http://articles.petoskeynews.com/2010-08-02/onaway_24151438〕 The Onaway store was closed in 2013.〔http://www.thealpenanews.com/page/content.detail/id/525196/Community-worried-about-loss-of-Art-Van.html?nav=5004〕 That same year, Young's Appliance of Alpena became the chain's first franchised location.〔http://www.alpenanow.com/index.php/2013/01/18/bob-young-art-van-grand-open-store-in-alpena/〕 Franchise locations have since opened in Marquette, Sault Ste. Marie, Mount Pleasant,〔http://www.crainsdetroit.com/article/20140325/NEWS/140329914/art-van-opens-sixth-franchise-location-with-new-owosso-store〕 Gaylord, Owosso, and East Tawas, along with a PureSleep franchise in Midland and a franchise of Sofa Select in Mishawaka, Indiana.〔http://www.crainsdetroit.com/article/20140916/NEWS/140919732/art-van-to-open-first-indiana-franchise-one-more-in-michigan〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Art Van」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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